>> yeah. >> reporter: in ka damascus the professor claims the vast majority of syria's artifacts are safe for now. but every day he receives more reports of more pillaging and more destruction. antiquities director in the whole world. we are tired. but we need to be more strong. we need to have some hope. to continue our work. >> reporter: i'm alex marquardt in damascus. >> our thanks to alex marquardt tonight. we want to tell you, you can immerse yourself in the streets of damascus with an exciting new visual 3d experience we launched today. check out abcnews.com/vr. >>> next on "nightline," with bill cosby facing allegations of abuse stanning five decades, tonight. think your heartburn pill works fast? take the zantac it challenge! zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. when heartburn strikes, take zantac for faster relief than nexium or your money back. way back when, mayor laguardia and non-profits ghi and hip, now called emblemhealth, made sure working new yorkers had quality, affordable healthcare. who's caring for you? emblemhealth: what care feels

no say they're going to take over damascus, i always doubted that.but on the bright side, if the united states is worriedes less bass damascus falling to jihaddist, perhaps they, work on stabilizing other parts of syria under the opposition control and that might be a good thing. last but not least, i think that russia's intervention on behalf hoff bashar al-assad means that syria will be partitions for the foreseeable future if not permanently. iranian and russian logic is to prop up the assad regime in the west but either -- i don't think -- i aggrieve with jeff -- i don't think they're able to commit the kind of soreses that would retake all of syrian territory. in discussions about isis, i often ask the question, what force is going to go goo into the euphrates valley and run out the isis forces of the question is can we all find a force that can do that i think we're years away from that and unfortunately i see many black days ahead in the syrian war. thank you very much. >> thank you, andrew. some good news? >> good news in syria? okay. so, we

west grows at russia's involvement in syria, president putin made it clear he'll continue to supply damascus with military equipment. we have supported the syrian government. i would like to say that confronting the terrorist aggression, we've provided all the necessary military and technical support and we call on other countries to join us. and putin had another reason to back syria's war against isil. the islamic state fighters from different countries undergo ideal logical -- russian federation and many former soviet republics and of course they're worried with the possibility of them returning to our territory. >>> but the view from washington from the president down is that russ's continued support of assad is doomed to failure. >> what we would like to see is movement towards a political transition in syria. and as i said last week, we still believe there's an opportunity to pursue that kind of transition in concert with russian authorities. to putin, he's a bullwark against the extremists. and they want to keep him in power. >> it's the last foot hold of the russian military and inte

they packed difference maker's church in damascus tonight, family, friends and classmates. jackie bensen was there to see many members of the community still in shock. >> reporter: the rural damascus church that formed his teen years glowed with candle for 16-year-old john. including dozens from clarksburg which john attended packed the rustic open ear difference ma r makers church clinging to each other for comfort. eyes were still red from tears 24 hours after hearing the sh k shocking news. john, his girlfriend, the two are seen in this picture, and her sister, were taking pictures along the railroad track in boyd yesterday afternoon when john was struck by an oncoming amtrak train. choking back tears, friends described him as one of those who could easily bridge the gap between high school cliques and bring people together. the church's pastor says he's aware how much the sudden tragic loss is affecting the entire community. >> he was real. he was real. and these kids know that. they're real with each other and that's what -- i think that's the comfort they're drawing f

jeremy bowen, bbc news, damascus. laura: in response to the huge number of refugees fleeing syria and elsewhere, security has been tightened along the borders of more european union countries. hungary has taken the strongest measures. tonight it has closed its border with serbia, where our special correspondent reports. reporter: they walk like people who still have belief. while after mile, country to country. they crossed the cap in hungary's iron fence with one destination in mind. to those going across europe. have you heard that the borders have been closed by germany and now probably austria? "we didn't hear that," said mohammed. "we are looking for a safe place to live."europe 's response to the crisis has been muddled and is united from the start. from the start, with states refusing quotas and talk of deportations. the number of young men rising is of particular concern to some. the u.n. fears that with borders closing, large numbers of asylum-seekers will become stuck in transit. >> stuck in one country or a

. >> the damascus fabric it's very short. i can't go there because of the situation. >> this is a robe that's traditionally worn at wedding celebrations, this particular piece comes from the syrian capital, damascus. it is the last one in his shop. the most exquisite. from the city of palmyra, taken over by islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> they do the special art fabric. >> even here with the recent tension in jerusalem, business is bad. >> we, jerusalem, knock comes here. >> that he may return to syria one day to continue buying the fabrics that have been his family's business for decades. stefanie dekker, al jazeera, east jerusalem. >> pope francis is forming a tribunal, phil silviano has become a campaigner. his story within his own words. >> knowing the kind of things he did here, taking a lot of chances getting caught, having sex at the altar which is very sacreligious. just i just thought or the should you he would be caught. in december of 1992, i was just blown away for a number of reasons. i guess mostly, the

to turkey, saying they were stopped at a military checkpoint in damascus and at the check point there were syrian and russian soldiers imbedded. this comes among other corroborating bits of evidence, including citizens in damascus saying we see russian officers all over the place today. they are in restaurants and cafes with not just syrian military brass but also iranian military officers. it seems like we are almost reaching a point of if this is a big conspiracy or a myth, somebody is manufacturing a lot of disinformation and false evidence about it because everyone is talking about this. >> wyou have russia, syria and iran, all of them in that country. meanwhile, the eyes of the rest of the world are on every other country because you have this flood of refugees, so many of them from syria. is putin simply making a move at this moment because nobody's watching what's going on in syria too closely? >> it's very interesting, isn't it. he came out yesterday and said, as you mentioned, let's have early parliamentary elections, there will be some kind of power sharing government in syr

alex marquardt, abc news, damascus. >> extraordinary effort.earn more about abc news vr, you can go to our website is and alex's extraordinary reporting from inside syria tonight on "nightline." i'll see you tomorrow night. good night. >>> and timing that could not be better. >>> we have team coverage tonight of the valley fire, as a firefighter return returns to work at his home and live from the butte fire tonight. the first fatalities being reported there as some evacuations are lifted. >>> and 7 on your side's hot line is open tonight. call to give where you live to west coast fire victims. >>> windshield wipers are on in pleasant hill. even the suggestion of rain comes as good news at the end of a long, dry summer, good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm aum ra -- ama daetz. take a look at what abc7 news reporter cornell bernard shot today in san rafael as the rain moved towards lake county. let's turn to spencer christian, spencer this, should help on the fire line. >> it's helped with the firefighting efforts and clea

scott heidler reports. >> damascus gate for friday prayers at the al-aqsa mosque.but he's pushed back like many times before, when there's increased tension, israeli security forces restrict entry. this time muslim men from under 40 are banned from going in. 3800 security forces have been employed. 24-year-old mohammed was born in a nearby east jerusalem neighborhood. >> every friday i come here, they prevent me from interk every friday. it is the system of only denying muslims. >> so they started their prepare on the street, in front of israeli security forces. only minutes into the prayer shouting, and then a scuffle. israeli security forces chasing a young men who broke through one of the barricades. this sparked reaction from those who are praying. >> some of those whos who's whos were disrupted came back later to continue with their prayers. we see one struggling back on the other side of this barricade, preventing them from getting anywhere near the mosque. protesters earlier in the week,. >> the massive groups you have seen, we redeem you al-aqsa. al-aqsa re

describe for us what daily life is like around the damascus suburbs. >> well, you know, i was in theuburbs shortly after the chemical attack in 2013, and several times thereafter. and i have to say i would spend one to maximum three days at a time there. and i never felt that sort of hunger. that alone, just the hunger, being under siege because they're not allowed to bring in food or medicine, it's something that we can't relate to. there's constant aerial bombardment. and everyone has been displaced one or two or three times. and there are a lot of displaced from other parts of the country who have gone there, a lot of times people are killed and no one can identify them because they're not from the area, so the situation just keeps getting worse. and i spoke to people who lived there today by skype. they were lamenting that the united nations is set up in a hotel in the center of damascus, just a 15 minute drive if you don't count the checkpoints, and they feel completely forsaken and completely forgotten by the u.n., by the world. and just by everyone in the four years that they

midday on this wednesday, starting out with the time lapse from damascus elementary school in montgomery county. the morning, temperatures started to respond quickly. well on our way to highs in the 90's across the entire area. looking at a few fair weather clouds, sunshine in damascus. 89 at reagan national. 90 in charlottesville. 88 in baltimore. the all-important dewpoint temperatures, already at 70 degrees in spots. it will be a little warmer and noticeably more human than yesterday. with that comes these heat index readings. 95 is what it feels like in washington. 93 degrees in frederick. getting close to 100 degree heat index at times. then the question of showers and storms. the way things are set up in the atmosphere, most of the storm activity should be west of the blue ridge mountains. that said, it will not take much for one of these cells to drift to the metro area. futurecast shows through the afternoon most of the storms are to the west, a couple coming eastward through the early evening hours. then tomorrow things start to change. notice the change of the wind direction br

even if bashir assad does something, they have a regime in damascus. that's their interest. they're not wedded to him as an individual. we just see that putin the whole time is being consistent and he is going to put russian interests first. now, in terms of fighting isis, the americans are bombing from the skies but they have no forces on the ground. how will that be addressed? quite clearly, a year on is not really knocking them back in the sort of way that president obama, for example, talked about. >> we saw possibly something unimaginable two years ago, which is an axis involving perhaps iran and russia on the one hand and western powers on the other. sort of propping up president assad with the aim making sure isil doesn't -- >> it's not inconceivable to avoid the issue of state collapse. if the government in damascus as opposed to the president himself, the salaries they pay to civil servants and very few hospitals and run the schools still going, of course, that would all dissipate and be chaos to answer the already existing chaos in the rest o

bitar arrived in turkey from damascus with two suitcases. he was on the run from the syrian secret police. with his restaurant, he was able to make a new start, and to offer the growing tide of young syrian refugees an opportunity to build their own future. >> we didn't want to leave them in streets. this is what we want, exactly. they want to work in some good places, like a human. this is what we want. because we suffered before them, and we didn't want them to suffer like us. now bitar has six more restaurants in the center of istanbul. and his are not the only businesses on the bosphorus owned by syrians. increasing numbers of refugees are arriving in the turkish metropolis to escape the camps in the border region. the turkish government tolerates that. but not all of the syrian refugees are able to build a new life in turkey. 10-year-old khadijah tries to remember the letters she once learned. she was only able to attend school in her hometown of aleppo for one year before the war started. >> i can write a few words, and compose a simpl

. >> damascus fabric it's very short. i can't go there because the situation. >> reporter: this is a robe that is traditionally worch at wedding celebrations and this particular piece comes through the syrian capital, damascus. it is the you last one left in abu saleb's shop. the city of palmyra which has taken over by islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> palmyra they do art fabrics, with pure silk and 14 karat gold. >> even here business is bad. >> we feel all the time now is jerusalem has acclaimed no one to come here. >> he hopes he may return to syria one day to continue buying the fact restriction that have been his family' family's businr generations. stefanie dekker, al jazeera. >> dishonest about consequences they claim independence would bring. catalonia hopes to get a mandate that will put it on a path towards independence. spanish government says that move would be illegal. backing for catalonia surpasses the support for independence. switzerland has temporarily banned the volkswagen diesel model. firm is f

start in damascus and la plata.w 80s by 9:00 and upper 70s across the board by then. by 1:00 90 downtown, 90 in leesburg, some showers popping out in the mountains with temperatures 86 already in cumberland, romney and then by 5:30, 6:00 we have a few showers making it into culpeper and maybe even into fauquier and stafford county and maybe even into prince william county, but 91 downtown and then the storms give way returning partly cloudy skies but another muggy night tomorrow night, temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s by 10:00. so on the day planner it gets pretty warm pretty fast, 81 by 9:00, 87 by 11:00 and 90 with a few more clouds by 1 p.m. we're looking at 90s again tomorrow, 94 on thursday and then a chance of storms on friday. we might just keep it below 90 and then the weekend looks okay, terps in town hosting the richmond spiders. maybe some cloud, a few sprinkles, not bad, nice on sunday and labor day, 80s and back to 90 next tuesday. >>> now wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset brought to you

certainly a new regime in damascus would not be friendly to moscow.'t know if it would be friendly to us either, or i.s.i.s. or el nusra. we overthrow libya we end up with chaos, the idea of pressing ahead with what we set out years ago as the only possible outcome is staring us in the face with failure. and i think in a way we would be much better off looking at the russian action not as a win-lose for us but as well a win for them and maybe if we rethought some of our priorities maybe not a bad thing for us either. >> anna when you put it that way, i'm wondering if at the state department a few blocks away from where we're sitting here in washington, is it a shadow of a russian win that makes us as a country less reluctant to rethink syria? >> i wouldn't agree with that. look at the situation, putin is coming to new york to speak at the u.n. at the end of the month. focusing on global terrorism. he has been speaking for several weeks now of forming a coalition to fight terrorism. however, that is not his ultimate gain. what he's trying to do is defl

reporter: next door in syria, damascus, aleppo, and homes -- homs are particularly affected. the extreme weather has noticeably reduced the number of regime airstrikes with planes unable to fly in such low visibility. of the topeminder stories -- divisions in europe over a mandatory quota system. the eu commission will formally present its plan on thursday. 100,000 asylum-seekers could be spread out across the union. turkey's war against kurdish rebels spread across the region. anchor a sense special forces into iraq to pursue pkk fighters after new rebel attacks that left at least 15 policemen dead in turkey. and a massive sense norm sweeps across parts of the middle east. sweepsssive sandstorm across parts of the middle east. it killed to do people in lebanon and disruptive fighting .nd airstrikes in syria all right, i promised to you earlier that markus karlsson would be back for more business news. deliver. good evening. what do you have for us? markus: we will start with lust fthansa lust anza -- lu and its pilots union. in 18 months as pilots walked off the job once aga

meanwhile, russia is stepping up its arms supplies to damascus. flights are landed every day. troops and engines nears are working on expanding an air base. >> the kremlin says they're trying to back the syrian army's fight against isil but there are isil but there are isil. >> of course, as you noted, the obama administration is very concerned about the russian military build up while the pentagon press secretary peter cook did not want to talk specifically about what the u.s. believes the russians are doing or how they have been gather ling their information. there is a real concern that the russian activity is being done in large part to support al assad although if you trust the americans, they will say that you need to ask moscow exactly what it is they're doing in syria and why it is they're doing it. >> so the u.s. obviously displeased but has the russian presence in syria had an impact on the wider coalition campaign against isil. >> there has not been an impact. they say that it would be speculation to suggest that the russian military buildup could have a negative im

>> damascus. >> damascus, yes. you just came here from where, from the border of croatia? >> i came here again-- >> go to austria and germany. >> yet, at a train station in french he admitted to me that he was, in fact, a hotel worker from tunisia. he was pretending because he knew he had no chance of asylum. and the germans don't think he's the only one. >> this has prompted the government to hire linguistic experts. everyone who arrives here has to give a speech sample who then analyze to see if they are who they say they are. they will find fake syrians and their appl their asylum applications will be reject: >> the people who are not in fear of their lives should not be getting in the way of people who are, but others say that the system should not discriminate. >> to go on this long travel to europe, to maybe cross illegally and in small boats over the mediterranean, and t i think you have a real reason to flee. i scant actually understand why they should not be refugees. >> the other point inside the european union, which is in many places hostile to any refugees, th

our middle east editor joins us from damascus.re people still fleeing syria in the thousands despite the uncertainty and dangers that may lie ahead? >> yes, i think people are still fleeing. they know how difficult around whating to be, but generates a flow of refugees is a war, and the war here is now into its fifth year, and there's no sign of any kind of diplomatic initiative that works . there's a lot of talking going on, but not a great deal of progress as far as i can see right now, and as well is that, as the united nations reports side in this conflict shows any inclination to back down, to stop fighting, so as a result of that, the report says civilians are trapped between the bombing of civilian areas carried out why the assad regime , and at the other end of the spectrum, the activities of these murderous and extreme groups of jihadists. everyone involved just prepared to fight into the ground, to a stand till? jeremy: i think there's every chance this war will go on for some years to come as things stand at the moment.

in damascus now, there are more than 2 million syrians that moved to damascus, and the assad regime is taking care of them. they're giving them shelter, food, schools, and we encourage people to move there. we tell them we will give them money in germany and scandinavian countries, so people move there. that's not the way to solve the problem. the way to solve it is by stopping terrorism. we keep saying that it's a bad person that's in the governments of that country, and it's not going to solve anything. these are people electing their own president, and because we don't like the president, we train people to fight the regime, and obviously we are going to end up with a problem. obviously as americans, we don't want them to come here, and we don't want them to come from the country and be minorities. we keep encouraging them to go out of the country, and obviously it's not the solution, and obviously we need to stabilize the country by not interfering, and by allowing syrians to talk with each other and this is how the problem gets solved very fast. >> i want you to respond to the pro

. >> what happens in damascus doesn't stay in damascus, and we're learning it's belated, but want only with the humanitarian catastrophe. more than 200,000 people dead. hundreds of thousands of people leaving the country, but also the strategic vacuum which has been the incubator of isis and has become an area of opportunity for iranians, russians, and others. radio we want to be compassionate, bill, but the argument is made we accept more of these refugees, are we giving the ability for more to come and try to come and apply? >> i think definitely. on the other hand, the larger message of the refugee crisis is that if you don't do something to address the instability in this small country, you look at this tiny country, what is it 20 million people before the war started. it's affecting the entire region and spreading into europe. you can accept people. that's the fist step. you have to do something to stem the tide. >> i -- i don't think 10,000 is going to be -- we're going to end up having pressure to accept probably tens of thousands, if not more because it looks like the war is go

alex marquardt, abc news, damascus. >> extraordinary effort. and to learn more about abc news vr, you can go to our website and alex's reporting from inside

bringing down damascus a city of five million people, very bad for the united states. they do not want assad to fall but don't want to be seen to work with him in any possible way. so the united states is a bit flummoxed here and russia is trying to take advantage of that to draw it into coordinating with assad. >> does the u.s. accept that russia really has to have some part to play in eventually solving the mess that is syria and how much of a part would it be prepared to allow russia to have? >> that's a real question. russia in this recent move has laid down a marker saying assad is going to stay, the syrian regime is going to stay and they're going to have to be part of any solution. the united states although it says it wants a political solution, the entire sunni opposition turkey, the united states, all insist that the syrian regime has to go and by that, they mean the aloite dominated security state. and that is of course what assad is fighting for and many of the minorities in syria and wealthy sunnies as well in damascus and other cities are frightened that

meanwhile russia is now stepping up its armed supplies to damascus, several flights loaded with weapons are said to be landing every day. russian troops and engineers are extending an air base to cope with the increased flow. the kremlin insists that it's regular shipments of arms to syria are used against isil. but there are real fears that the weapons could be used in syria's civil war that has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians, and in the west that is not acceptable. >> syrian president bashar al-assad has given after interview to russian media. that interview was released today, but it's not known when that was taped. syria's war is now in its fifth year and has left hundreds of thousands of people dead, and forced more than 10 million from their home. the professor of political science focuses on u.s.-russian relations, and he joins us fromberly california. we appreciate it very much. professor, this war, this conflict has been going on for, as they said, five years. so why now is butten as russia dabbles in the situation there. >> well, for one thing they are cl

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certainly they do not want to see a government in damascus that isn't close to moscow, and that mighte seen in as in the western or american camp. >> the west would see this as a bad move that russia would have even more influence on syria, but turning it on its head, could it be a good thing, the people who could actually influence bashar al-assad are the russians and iranians that he perhaps could be persuaded to go? >> this all depends on what the russian intent is. they have been pushing for further talks. russia wants to be center stage in whatever happens. so does this mean that by having a greater presence in damascus and on the coastal regions that it could have a better outcome in i think it's unlikely given its historical record, but we have many different axis in this conflict. all of them are trying to reinforce their own positions in advance of political talks that may go forward. of course the united nations is now trying through its envoy to push forward its own initiative, even though i don't think that many commentators or experts on syria really see this materializin

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alex marquardt, abc news, damascus. >> you know isis apparently doing this because they believe that artifacts don't reflect their own faith or what they claim to be their faith and because it can help them raise money in the illegal artifacts market. >> it's important for us to do something about it. al qaeda did it so many years ago before 9/11. the mix is next. we do? i took the trash out. i know - and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? whether you're new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. it's up to you to pay the difference. so think about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. i did a little research. with a medicare supplement plan, you'll be able to stay with your doctor... oh you know i love that guy. mmmmhmmm. these types of plans let you visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients

romney upper 40s no doubt, gaithersburg 49, damascus 47, 48 and probably 59 downtown.y 9:00 pure sun, mid-60s. it's rebounding slowly. by 1:00 just gorgeous. 80 downtown, 79 at andrews, 78 la plata. that's just about a perfect day and still low humidity and less wind tomorrow, so it will be a little warmer actually tomorrow. 6:00 tomorrow night still 80 downtown, still upper 70s in the suburbs and by tomorrow night temps will not fall as quickly tomorrow night. so by 11:30 or so we're still looking at temperatures in the low 60s pretty much across the board. so tonight clear skies, chilly. open the win domes, not too far, 48 to 58. this could be colder than last night. by morning sunny and chilly. you need youren your -- your sunglasses. winds light tomorrow turning west to southwest at 5 to 10. on the day planner we have 59 downtown at 7:00, in the 60s at 9:00, 75 at 11:00, 80 by 1 p.m. next three days, beautiful on wednesday 85, beautiful on thursday 86. next seven days, good explain on friday 87. nats come back into town. terps are here saturday. a cold front goes t

they're moving really quickly, these are people that were in damascus a week ago.ey're running really quickly. it's nothing to do with the numbers pulling them, because they know how bad the situation here is. they're very media savvy, they have their phones, they're in contact with people who've already come. they know how bad it is. but what's the alternative? they're not allowed to fly. they have to make this journey. the more fences we build, the more we force people to make journeys like this. >> reporter: it's estimated that 60% of those crossing to lesbos are from syria. >> life there is not good, it's not healthy. children, it's not safe. our home it's not safe. everything is not safe. >> reporter: the next biggest national group setting out for northern europe comes from afghanistan, where fears about of ongoing violence and security driven by the taliban and islamic state abound. >> the most important point is the insecurity. and the different bad situations that force us and others to leave our homeland and our home town. we want security, we want shelte

>> damascus. >> from damascus. you just came here from where? the board from croatia? >> i came here and go to austria and germany. >> in a train station in a separate conversation in french, he admitted to me in fact he was a hotel worker from tunisia. he was pretending because he knew he had no chance of asylum, and the germans don't think he's the only one. this air of suspicion prompted the german government to hire 45 linguistic experts in 80 different languages. anybody who arrives here has to give a speech sample analyze to verify if they were who they say they are. the german government pains to point out that any solid fake syrians won't have the asylum claim automatically rejebbinged but you have to assume it will make life for difficult for them. we heard similar things from translators as well as at this registration center. the arguments in favor of asking questions, of course, is people who are not in fear of their lives shouldn't be getting in the way of people who are. others say the system shouldn't discriminate. >> you go to this dangerous, long, and

at the end of 1918 they let faysal proceed into damascus. windows conquest began from every occupying empire was bent on annexation. so why weren't they annexed? there are really two reasons. one is that woodrow wilson brought the u.s. into the war promising to annexation. but the second is that the war saw great anti-colonial movement with populations from ireland, korea claiming the right to govern themselves. by 1918, britain had made a lot of rash promises. promising an arab state to king hussein to support for a jewish national home, and even the right to choose their governors to african populations. by 1918, british officers were with the zionist organization in palestine to assess the possibilities of jewish immigration but britain was also subsidizing faysal's new government in syria. with wilson at their site, britain decided to quote my self-determination for all it was worth, as foreign secretary put it, and annexation slid off the table. instead of the paris peace conference, a compromise was agreed. the german and ottoman terri

he is live outside damascus with that story. chris? >> her name is ashley lewis. yesterday was her first day as a freshman. it ended badly. but today things are looking much better. this afternoon, special needs student ashley lewis arrived with a new driver and attendant. they made sure she arrived safe and sound after the mix-up yesterday when she was left miles away. >> i was very upset. we couldn't find her. then when we did, what she had gone through. >> she was left off the school bus here along hawkins creamery road. she was lost and alone and started walking. cars passed her. in fact one motorist put down his window and yelled at her wondering what she's doing alone along this roadway. finally her father who was out driving looking for her found her. >> it kind of scared me to death. >> walking along the country road, were cars going fast? >> uh-huh. >> a spokesman tells me special needs students are not supposed to be dropped off if there isn't a responsible adult present to meet them. that did not happen in this case and that is unacceptable. we have apo

. >> rockets has hit the russian embassy in the syrian capital of damascus.sia an ally of serie-a. we talked about this previously in the bulletin with peter sharp in moscow. the support which russia has been providing to serie-a, and now word from the russian foreign ministry that rockets have hit its embassy in damascus. that's all we have at the moment. more when we get it. we'll check the sports news with farah. >> thank you so much. a funeral has been held for the indian cricket who decide. he was regarded as father of recollect. >> dalmiya began his career on cricket and then became head of the international cricket council. known as a shrewd businessman he was behind the brains of bringing the cricket coupe t cup to india. first time it was held outside of england. and it made india's cricket border one of the richest in the world. his contribution to the sport is visible today. >> cricket--you get 45 seconds for commercials. very few games with the exception of baseball get that kind of commercial break. so he understood in a. he encouraged broadcaste

they fled to cairo from damascus. here in the ejection capital, they are complete with syrian stores and restaurants. they have made egypt their home. they understand the attraction of europend why so many are making the dangerous journey across the mediterranean. it is from arbitrary imprisonment and fear for the lives of their children. many syrians now have decided to ave. for me, personally, there is a much better solution. they should throw aside out of syria. williams could then return. -- millions could then return. not without the support of her extended family. it 10 other family members recently left cairo for europe and even more will try e journey soon. brent: a recap of top stories, queen elizabeth ii becomes the longest ever monarch serving. queen victoria spent 63 years on the throne before her death in 1901. that's it for all of us in berlin. tanks for the company. -- thanks for the company. !x??z77 ♪ >>> the national pediatric hospital in cambodia, in phnon penh. patients here are provided with three

and many wondered whether americans could be manipulated by the mass media or damascus he could survive. >> if the american people are gullible and as excitable as that. in order could soon turn their heads 2 i'm not afraid of an invasion from mars but a nonintelligent public. [inaudible] we are still prone to this kind of media hysteria today at american newspapers, the press is to quick to launch this and that includes all too often they fail to probe me the surface and they leave us with false fears and misconceptions about what can happen as we stick around for a long time. understanding the all-out and teach us to view news media more critically and to avoid the mistakes of our forebears. i barely had time to scratch the surface but check out my new book anytime, available anywhere that books are sold. thank you for watching. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. [inaudible question] >> yes, that's a good question about newspapers and radios in the 1930s which had a lot of similarities which talks about the tension between old media and new media today.