it is "team america". >> matt damon. >> matt damon. >> matt damon. >> okay, yes, trey parker and matttt damon over and over again but they are brilliant so they get a pass. this reporter? we're talking about not so much. matt isn't quite done making his point. >> a teacher wants to teach. i mean, why else would you take a [ expletive ] salary and really long hours and do that job unless you really love to do it? >> she messed with matt damon and she is facing the dragon. now, people can debate all day about ed policy. that's the cool way to say education policy which i just learned from matt damon. but good teachers are highly dedicated and should be compensated appropriately. stand by, though. stand by. a cameraman is about to mess with matt damon. >> 10% of teacher are bad. >> where did you get that number? >> i don't know. 10% of any profession. >> well, okay. but i mean, maybe you're a [ expletive ] cameraman. >> oh, matt damon doesn't need special effects or stunt doubles or even hair to go all action adventure on someone. his words are his namchuks. don't mess with matt damon's

that's damon, matt damon. >> you don't win baseball games in the fifth inning. you have to look at bush's record overall. and that was an amazing impression of bush. >> if you score 100 runs by god you would win. >> from an actor to an a-hole she was vexed by his text. but was it assault or his fault? i speak of a dispute between a man and woman at a texas movie theater. she says the guy in sfront of her began checking his text messages as the 15-year-old explains to the fort worth star. "the light was shining at me, and i think he will turn it off. he didn't. he whipped around and said don't ever touch me. he whirls around readyd me and says i am charging you with assault." he saw it differently. he says he got an important text and he didn't just tap him. she pushed his neck causing something like whiplash. he called the police saying he had been assaulted. how brave of him. and godwin decided to pay the $260 fine rather than to return to texas to fight the charge. did i mention she weighs 160 pounds and about 220? for more we go to the chief legal corresponde

are three of the elements in award winning tell you more when we come back and she asked actor matt damon a few questions that a teacher rally and his response caused and everything the porter he joins us to discuss the issue and more in just a month. seven thirty am in moscow good to have you with us here on our t.v. easier headline america's aaa credit rating downgraded for the first time in its history rating agencies standard and poor's knocked the u.s. down one notch to double a plus made concerns over growing budget deficits this as the global stock markets falter in the face of growing euro zone debt raising fears of a double dip recession. in my private conversation with the president of syria i discussed the same ideas reforms need to be carried out if he fails to do that then the senate future awaits him president medvedev warned syria's president he'll have a sorry fate if he doesn't implement reforms thirteen more people reportedly killed in a fresh wave of protests only days after a fierce crackdown on the city of hama is made estimates that more than a thousand people have b

our arwa damon is going to continue to work her sources there.s with the rebels, not far, just outside the airport. we will continue to talk to her as we can work on that connection. arwa, if you still hear me, we appreciate you calling in and trying to make connectivity with us. we will keep trying. the ferocious fighting today has made it extremely dangerous for journalists to not only venture out on the streets but rixos hotel, gadhafi loyalists are forbidding cnn's matthew chance and 35 other journalists from leaving that hotel and say it's for their own safety. matthew chance had a chance to call in not long ago and give us this update from where he is. >> been taking incoming artillery shells. snipers target the hotel. many of the windows smashed by sniper bullet and stray bullets as well. lobby of the hotel gadhafi loyalists are armed with rifles. many of the journalists have taken upon themselves to wear body armor and congregate in a certain place in the hotel because we think this is the safest place for us to be. >> there has been a lo

who told you where damon and lakeisha were hiding? - tell us. and gina walks. - please...baby. - come on, angel. prison nurseries don't have toys. - that bitch said if i cleaned up her mess, she'd clean up mine. - which bitch? - you lied, sunny. - this shocks you? - you did know damon. you arrested him in '95. - i arrested a lot of people over the years. can't remember them all. - but he was your snitch. he gave you information and you bailed him out. for years, you did it over and over. - he was almost as easy to manipulate as you. - wanting to search for drug money, you willing to cooperate? - sure. what are we talking about, 3 1/2 years? i'll do a year, tops. - looks like you got it all figured out. - i took the cash and hoped you wouldn't catch me. i was wrong. - oh, you did a lot more than hope. you inserted yourself in the middle of my investigation from the beginning. - you're upset. - page figured out that you stole the money, and she ordered you to turn it in. she actually cared about you. - no. i cared about page. unlike her, i proved

paying attention again wanting to talk about of again well no i mean i think it's great that matt damon is caution about this issue because this is an issue that now is reaching a broader audience so anything i think it's wonderful that he's talking about this well one thing that we have another clip of matt damon where nearly he didn't show his best side. ok but i mean maybe. we just had to play because it was kind of funny if you had to do that david make up to the camera man about the make up i am we talked about it but the thing that matt damon doesn't understand is if our camera man was underperforming he would be fired whereas with teachers with tenure it's so difficult to fire them it's time consuming it's expensive and what happens is these teachers just end up being transferred to another school what's called the dance of the lemon or the referred to as the just moving the trash the trash so i mean this is so unfortunate we are protecting bad teachers that be expensive our children and you know unfortunately i think that probably a lot of good teachers get stuck in the middle o

had david make up for the camera man about to make sure we talked about it but the thing that matt damon doesn't understand is if our cameraman was underperforming he would be fired whereas with teachers with tenure it's so difficult to fire them it's time consuming it's expensive and what happens is these teachers just end up being transferred to another school what's called the dance of the lemon or they refer to as the just moving the trash passing over the trash so i mean this is so unfortunate we are protecting bad teachers at the expense of our children and you know unfortunately i think that probably a lot of good teachers get stuck in the middle of that because right now we're seeing layoffs of teachers across the board in many states and there are a lot of people who deserve to be losing those jobs right now let's move on to these polls that i just mentioned right so eighty two percent of people disapprove of congress right now of course like i said you have to take every poll with a grain of salt can't assume that it represents every single american but that's a big number seve

just between the two of us, tell me what i can do to raise a matt damon, what's your advice?e way that you raise a child who is like matt damon is to encourage him or her to think for themselves, to be creative, to have a thriving play environment, to have an environment that nurtures imagination, and to go to schools that also nurture those things. and one of the problems with the high-stakes tests that we're talking about, where teachers are threatened and their jobs are threatened, of course they're going to do everything they can to survive, especially in an economy like this, but also, the tests are narrowing the curriculum. the arts are disappearing, the social curriculum is disappearing. imagination and play. these are the things matthew had as a child who helped him become who he is. that's what he's saying in his speech. they're eroding out from under most children in the country today because of testing. >> nancy carlson-paige, nice to meet you. and bill bennett, nice to talk to you again. maybe we can have this conversation again. there's a lot of directions we can

everyone super excited to talk about this issue because matt damon said something about the curse of celebrity always now this. just sometimes you look at these stories and it just makes you want to shake your head and think of how unfortunately laws created to protect certain things are just too big when they're actually you take a look a look in your oldest stiring veterinarian skyler cato's brain into action the second she learned that a baby woodpecker in her gad backyard was about to be eaten by the family cat the problem was that the woodpecker is a protected species under the federal migratory bird act which means if you're legal to take or transporting baby woodpecker. so basically what ended up happening is they walked into a store with a family i think was a home depot and a woman came up pulled out her badge said this is illegal for you transporting it and now they're getting slapped with a five hundred thirty five dollars fine for trying to save a little with a cure for the big cat i think what we all just learned here was you don't intervene on a fight between two evils

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both of the beautiful women on the panel want to weigh in on matt damon. >> kimberly: i was a matt damon the comments. he is patriotic. his politics are different. it had a dream about matt damon the other night. he disappointed me then. i wanted him to save me and all he did was hand me the knife. >> bob: i'm sure that's exactly what you wanted. >> andrea: they shaved his hair off and took his brain with it. it's true. >> greg: i can't believe i'm defending him but they asked him the question. it wasn't like he was pontificating, they asked what he thought. the fact that he lives in a bubble. what he does for a living has no relationship to the actual economy. he doesn't know what it's like. >> eric: let mim pay more. right? knock yourself out. send in money. you stood up clapping, we know where you are on this. we have to get to this. check out the dog. the dog, he is a golden, golden doodle, a golden retriever and poodle. he jumped in a half marathon and ran the rest of it. raised $17,000 for charity for a cancer charity. he's a good boy! he's a good boy! >> greg: make an important po

because damon is defending teachers and a lot of people on either side of this debate take a look. there's an incentive to work hard and be a better actor because you want to have a job so why isn't it like that for a teacher it's not an incentive that's going so you take this m.b.a. you're right it's a problem with that policy right now is this intrinsically paternalistic you problems that are much more complex than that i mean why else would you take a salary and really long hours unless you really love to do. well the best part of course is when they go to good will hunting and they're just crying and hugging at the end there but you know this is a debate that's been going on all across the country it was should teachers have tenure shouldn't you have an incentive to want to work hard otherwise if you think you can't get fired you're not going to get libby i'm curious to get your take on the whole situation i have a lot of teachers in the family have to be careful but what i say to make sure i still get invited home for the holidays but you know matt damon he's clearly an educat

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so basically he thinks that matt damon should be president instead. i don't agree with that you know i've heard some people thought i grew up maybe george clooney would make a good politician and he's just so much more of a likable character that day when i was just going to say there's no way i can spark matt damon other than the fact that i disagree with his stances but i'm george clooney all the way and for going with a running go find out if you're good looking just because good looking. i mean you better i don't know i was with you until i started looking into matt damon's political forum which was in the very least how you're expanding hand i think he's pretty smart i think he knows what he's talking about he was just at this rally in d.c. this week and he was approached by a bunch of conservatives who were upset with him and he's right back there with them he knew what he was talking about and you know i mean they were really angry words to confuse the teacher argument i think a fair you know i think that there is an argument on his part of tha

rebels are telling our arwa damon there's been intense fighting there.sts are trying to give their leader in hiding an escape route. just to bring you up to speed, we have reports of nato aircraft over the airport, we have reports of fighting outside the rixos hotel where our matthew chance and moved sarah sidner away from the gadhafi compound where she was reporting live for us gunfire started to intensify and mortars started to fly. >> a lot going on here in the united states in the atlantic, hurricane irene now a category 2 storm as it's reaching the bahamas at this hour. its winds over 100 miles per hour. jacqui jeras says irene could get stronger, could strike the u.s. this weekend. widespread flooding damage is possible from coastal carolina all the way up to the major cities of the northeast. >>> and the east coast shaking, rattled and rolled. all power restored to a nuclear power plant in virginia after the earthquake that hit the east coast. generators kicked in and the plant says no radiation was leaked. however two of the plant's reactors rema

we'll show you matt damon's stand on teachers. with the debt ceiling legislation passed, congress rewarded itself today with a vacation until september 7th. most lawmakers in the house were already home when the senate voted to approve the deal. president obama signed the bill into law early this afternoon. you see no one's around them, who's going to want all those pens. then he took to the rose garden to lament washington's self-inflicted wounds. >> our economy didn't need washington to come along with a manufactured crisis to make things worse. that was in our hands. it's pretty likely the uncertainty surrounding the raising of the debt ceiling has been unsettling, and just one more impediment to the full recovery that we need, and it was something that we could have avoided entirely. >> wall street reacted negatively on the heels of this finalized deal, the dow jones industrial average dropped more than 100 points. the s&p 500 closed at a record low for the year. and moody's announced today they will keep its aaa credit rating

damon was not the only big name appearing at this event. message. he would have been there in person, but his dog ate his car. for damon, who was introduced by his mom who is a teacher was the real headliner. he drew thunderous applause for teachers and reformers who think they know more about education, than educators themselves. backstage a reporter asked damon why teachers should get tenure if actors don't? the academy award winner schooled the reporter. >> in acting, there isn't job security, right? there's an incentive to work hard and be a better actor, because you want to have a job. why isn't it like that for teachers? >> you think job insecurity is what makes me work hard? >> it's not an incentive, you take this nba style thinking, it's a problem with that policy right now. it's intrinsically internalistic view of problems that are much more complex than that. it's like saying a teacher is going to get lazy when they have tenure. a teacher wants to teach. why else would you take a [ bleep ] salary and really long hours and do that

and i think damon has hit those. on one hand, the inclusion of non-nato members in a nato operation. the inclusion of sweden and u.a.e. in qatar is really a huge success. and as damon pointed out, nato's role in managing this campaign proved once again there is no substitute to nato as a military capability in the euro-atlantic sphere. nothing comes close. the e.u. does not come close. nato, again, was proved essential. and finally i would just tip my hat to the belgians and to the norwegians and even the u.k., which having made the decision to get rid of its carriers just months before, had to stretch the capabilities of its tornado force but which did so in a way which contributed meaningfully to the combat operations. i think today and in the future nato is more important than ever, and i think u.s. leadership in nato is more important than ever. we have some fairly significant strains within the most successful alliance in history. and, i would go so far as to say, unless these strains and divisions are confronte

i will turn right now to damon and asked a couple of questions. then we will open them up to the floor. damon, a native's leading role the leading- nato's role in enforcing security council resolutions as part debate as to whether the recent success is our reason for optimism or exposes serious concerns about anita. secretary of defense robert gates warned that some allies would not to dissipate in the mission because they lacked the -- participate in any mission because they lack resources to do said. at the same time, others have argued this mission demonstrate nato felt enormous utility as a multinational organization capable of quickly and effectively organizing action. the key question i think, damon, is where you come down on this debate and where do you think the performance tells us about the state of the world's most capable line? >> this is an issue we have been grappling with, thinking about nato and the future of the alliance. particularly in the united states. this is a success. this is a success for the alliance. it bodes well for th

oh my god did you hear what matt damon said yeah i did and he's still a moron happy friday and i will explain how mitt romney is raising money see i mean really out of thin air how wrong rachel maddow is on her understanding of fundamental economics and our guest jay knew it was able to avoid paying property taxes in that the two sides of all places a call of chris rock for what he did and didn't do it the president's right house birthday party well al gore's rise over throw obama seriously sort of you know as usual for a friday episode of adam vs the man. yesterday was quite a day for the stock market and it struck fear into the hearts of all who are unfortunate enough to have a stake in it without an understanding of the government subsidized casino that it really is the dow close down over five hundred points enough to get a lot of attention. nine of ten days of the general our biggest loss in two thousand and nine year in words like a learning panic devastating rather than extra can self continues. oh my god let's. see it it doesn't matter if it's the government or the leech of a

our arwa damon is there. we'll talk to her. >>> in southern tripoli, similar distaken for civilian lives. reports all day of loyalists gunmen out in the streets taking pot shots at people. now to the east, new video of the damage that loyalist fighters are leaving behind as they retreat. these are the oil facilities in brega still burning nearly a week after they fled. before they did they fired shells into the tank, causing this inferno right there. >>> and on the road from zawiya into tripoli, some group presumably loyalists kidnapping four italian journalists. 33 others including cnn's matthew chance went free today after that hair rowing ordeal held at gunpoint by loyalist thugs who did not know gadhafi was gone. here's how it played out. >> well, there's been some developments. this terrible experience we've all been through. we've managed to speak to the guys in charge. and they've been given orders by the gadhafi regime to not let the journalists leave. they are carrying those orders out even though th

i'll tell you, you know one of the things that damon said in the report tonight is the most importantn nor secretary rice addressed in speaking to you. that is when the crackdown happened in egypt and there was a shutoff of media access, whether it was the internet or cell phone and satellite access, the united states was very vocal about the need to turn that on. we heard that arwar has not contacted opposition and they can't contact her. if secretary clinton and rice want to say something that will save lives of opposition leaders in syria tonight, then they need to demand that that internet access, that there's transparency so those people can communicate, so you can have those pictures. those are the pictures that will galvanize the international community to do better, to take more actions like we've discussed, for example, in using oil and using financial markets to restrict syria's access to financial markets and their oil revenues. >> and we did hear from a resident, the gentleman who braved death, risked death to call us earlier in the day. people are afraid to go out, if the

damon, take it away here.ay close attention. >> reporter: we'll spell it all out for you, thank you so much. if you can't beat them, claim them. the padres closer heath bell has always been a huge pain in the back side of the san francisco giants. today they claimed the three-time all star off the waiver wire and are 48 hours away from putting him in an orange and black uniform. bell has 35 saves just like brian wilson. also the diamondbacks could have claimed bell and the giants didn't want that. despite all of that, though, the g-men still have to complete a trade to make this happen. worst case scenario, though, they don't and bell goes back to san diego and not the diamondbacks. i think you've got it. meanwhile the giants will get a major boost from an all-star player that they already have the rights to and that is carlos beltran, the right fielder. jamie has more live from at&t. >> reporter: yeah, damon. this will hopefully be a big boost for the giants tonight with all the injuries they have had, gettin

arwa damon, the only western reporter at tripoli's airport, a few hours ago.els came driving up in what they claim is an rv that gadhafi may have been using as a hideout. watch this as arwa takes us on a tour of that. >> reporter: we're here at the tripoli international airport, and the fighters here that are part of the western mountains just drove up this mobile home. they say they got it off of colonel gadhafi's farm that is located around 15 minutes away from here. they came up. they were honking. they were absolutely overjoyed. they were describing what they had seen on the farm as being gadhafi's life of paradise, everything that they were deprived of, and they say that they have managed to secure around a quarter of the farm. just to give you an idea though of what we have here inside in the layout here. this is obviously something of a sitting area. we might have some restrictions due to the cables that allow us to do our live broadcasts, but the there's also a few rooms to the back. there's a bedroom back there. i don't know if you can try to zoom in

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you want the matt damon economic approach. let's tax the wealthy and corporations more and i can't believe that you actually think that's going to be helpful to the american economy. i can't believe it. >> i just ask for some kind of sharing, bill. >> bill: i'm sharing. i share. >> you think it's cool for g.e. to pay no taxes? i know i pay taxes. you pay taxes. why shouldn't corporate america pay taxes. >> bill: i would send them all to taiwan. every one of them. >> their corporations get away with murder and the little guy says. >> bill: loopholes. >> you said in the talking points memo you said we need more revenue. you hope the far right knows it. >> bill: right. >> bill, that's an important message and i'm not sure they do know it. >> bill: you can get it without raising in connection with tax rates. mary katharine, we ignored you for far too long. you have the next two minutes. >> as far as the swation tax situation's tax has gone up because the tanning tax has gone up. i'm with you bill on the talking points you said thi

arwa damon with the latest live from beirut. what's the situation in syria?oes appear to us that it is worsening? it's intensifying. >> it most certainly does appear to be the case and it seems as if it's taken a more brutal turn, if that is possible to imagine. as you mentioned there are even more casualties being caused overnight and what we have again are these two competing narratives as to what is taking place. activists and residents of hama saying the security forces are inchris crim nately firing at them, targeting hospitals and mosq mosques, a city under siege, people facing shortage of food and medical supplies. syrian television broadcasting video that shows individuals whose faces, identities are disguised, firing at things that we cannot identify, but syrian television saying it is these armed gangs that are shooting at the syrian security forces. and this is causing the syrian government to say it is fully within its rights to try to bring the situation in syria under control. all of this escalating violence has led to the statements that you me

you want the matt damon economic approach. let's tax the wealthy and corporations more and i can't believe that you actually think that's going to be helpful to the american economy. i can't believe it. >> i just ask for some kind of sharing, bill. >> bill: i'm sharing. i share. >> you think it's cool for g.e. to pay no taxes? i know i pay taxes. you pay taxes. why shouldn't corporate america pay taxes. >> bill: i would send them all to taiwan. every one of them. >> their corporations get away with murder and the little guy says. >> bill: loopholes. >> you said in the talking points memo you said we need more revenue. you hope the far right knows it. >> bill: right. >> bill, that's an important message and i'm not sure they do know it. >> bill: you can get it without raising in connection with tax rates. mary katharine, we ignored you for far too long. you have the next two minutes. >> as far as the swation tax situation's tax has gone up because the tanning tax has gone up. i'm with you bill on the talking points you said thi

damon, good monday to you. nothing against dan day cull pepper, i respect him.ut if he's the answer for the 49ers, take it away. i don't want to say anything else. >> raj, how is your arm? get jim harbaugh on the roll bex. alex smith and colin capper nick combined nor 11 for 26. six sacks friday against new orleans saints. jim harbaugh obviously not satisfied. he spiced up the competition by bringing in 34-year-old 11-year nfl vet dan day cull pepper. he spent last season playing with the mountain lions of the ufl. he threw 12 touchdowns. it might be what the doctor ordered for the anemic offense that hasn't struck fear in the heart of any nfl defense in years. they're excited about the prospect of adding this veteran. >> dan te came in and added a lot to the team in sacramento. as a receiver, you want to get in and work out with the quarterback as much as possible, catch as many balls and get the timing right. dan te was more than willing to do that. >> that's the organization's job. i'm happy that we got him. he might can help the team out just with his expert

guys become to you. >> thank you, damon. for a full half-hour of sp orts coverspage. watch comcast sports net central. tonight, >> we'll be right back. ag >>> coming up tonight. investigators get rad to release their final report on the san bruno explosion. we're in washington, d.c. for an unprecedented look for the piece of pipeline that burst. what led up to it all? why the agency says pg & e made it difficult for gators. that's tonight at 11:00 after dateline. >>> before we leave you. how about this one -- 25 of the world's greatest hums will be remembered in the largest bronze monument in the western united states. designers and crews working on the remember them, champions for humanity statue are beginning to erect the four piece monument at oakland, henry kaeiser, lincoln, mandela, keller are among the faces represented in the statute. the lead sculptor is an oakland native. the grand unveiling is planned for next tuesday. how about that. >> a look at what is coming up at 7:00. >> talking about the president's economic adviser, taking a closer look at him and ho

that's our arwa damon, actually calling in from a satellite phone.d hear, we just lost her signal, but we'll try to get back in touch with her. our arwa dpaming just outside the tripoli airport. she moved into that area with the rebels. you can hear the gunfight that is taking place right now. she hunkered down. she tells us in a safe area, but is able to give us a bird's-eye view of what's happening there near the airport. meanwhile, our sara sidner has made her way into tripoli. are we connected? sara, i don't know if you were able to hear arwa and what she was telling us where it was calm about 45 minutes ago, then you heard the fighting that has broken out. what's your sense of the activity from where you are? >> reporter: well, my sense is more and more people are coming out of the city. this is one of the things we've been reporting and seeing, there just isn't anywhere that's actually safe. i know the rebels are saying that there's a certain section of the city under their control, and one minute it's quiet, then you find yourselves caught in

, our own arwa damon is. a lot of questions, where is moammar gadhafi, and how dangerous is the situation? >> the dust hasn't settled. we don't know how the next few days will unfold as far as fighting is concerned. it does appear a vast majority of tripoli is in rebel hands. the question is it doesn't take many armed men to create a very difficult and bloody situation. in a relatively -- in a relatively big area, so that's not going to go away, that possibility that there might be more bloodshed in tripoli. we're going to hopefully speak with matthew chance on the other side of this break who was freed about an hour ago from the rixos hotel along with our colleagues and friends who had been trapped for several days. don't go away. the bundler. let's say you need home and auto insurance. you give us your information once, online... [ whirring and beeping ] [ ding! ] and we give you a discount on both. great! did i mention no hands in the bundler? bundling and saving made easy. now, that's progressive. call or

sara sidner, matthew chance, arwa damon is on o the phone from the libyan capital. sara sidner joins us. sara, your camera are causing people to shoot off the guns in celebration. when your camera isn't on, is that the same scene? >> yes, it actually has been. this evening, it was quiet when the camera wasn't on. quiet as it wasn't as much blasting in the air. people were taking our hand and handing us candy and trying to give us paraphernalia with the rebel flag on it. the minute the lights go on, the blasts started going. people want to show their appreciation in that way, by blasting into the air and show -- throughout the day, that was happening whether or not we were rolling, not rolling, standing there watching. sort of a jubilation and discuss doing whatever they want. they can show the world that gadhafi and the regime has broken. but what you're seeing in the square earlier has cleared out and -- trying to explain earlier, it's kind of a creepy feeling righting through a city when there are no lights, where it's no one on the road, except for perhaps one or

good evening, damon. >> good evening, raj. thank you smooch.ago the giants took the phillies by storm beating the red-hot phils two of three times in philadelphia. a huge statement to the rest of the major leagues, and since then the giants have lost a season high-five games in a row while the phils have won six straight for a major league season best. the phillies are that good, having won 12 of the last 15 games. however, orange and black optimists would say the giants took 2-3 with a little help from new guy carlos beltran or orlando cabrera. things are happening for the giants, and jamie joins us live from at&t park. jamie. >> damon, after yesterday's win over the diamondbacks, bruce bochy called it the biggest game of the season so far. that makes every game after that even bigger, and that starts with tonight's game against the phillies. >> i believe it's august, and so i think the phillies are a team we need to beat to win games. arizona caught us to us a couple games in the series, so we need to beat them because we need to win every ga

so for damon, nato's leading role in forcing u.n. security council resolution 1973 in libya has sparked if you're trans-atlantic debate about whether the nation's apparent success is a reason for optimism in the alliance, or exposes series concerns about nader. just months ago secretary of defense robert gates warned that some allies were not participating in the mission because they lack the capability to do so. and he criticized nato for its dependence on the nested for important military capabilities, even in operations very close to nato's borders. but at the same time others have argued that this mission in fact demonstrates nato's enormous utility as the only multinational organization capable of quickly and effectively organizing military action and integrating non-member nations such as gutter and others in this operation. at a time of great need. the key question i think is what you can do in this debate and what do you think nato's performance and operation unified tells us about the state of the world's most capable allies

as it unfolds you have seen sara sidner, matthew chance, arwa damon is at tripoli international airport on the phone from the libyan capital as well. sara, i know your camera lights are causing people to shoot off their guns in celebration. but when your camera isn't on, is that the same scene? >> reporter: yes, actually it has been today. this evening it was quiet when the camera wasn't on, quiet as in there wasn't as much blasting into the air. people were just coming up and shaking our hands and handing us candy and trying to give us paraphernalia. as the night goes on, then the blasts start going and people want to show their appreciation in that way by blasting into the air and show their excitement, really. but throughout the day, that was happening whether or not we were rolling, not rolling, standing there or watch iing showing the can do whatever they want and they want to show the world that gadhafi and the regime is broken. but what you were seeing in the square earlier has really cleared out and i was trying to explain earlier, it's a kind of a creepy feeling riding through

arwa damon joins us now. arwa, you've been in the thick of it all day. what is the latest there?s the opposition still struggling to keep ahold of the airport? >> well, anderson, the incoming artillery, the incoming ground rocket fire was just so intense, that we actually had to move our live position inside. the rounds were coming too frequently, and too close. at one point they did manage to hit it with one of the aircraft on the tarmacs. it went up in flames. there was an explosion. there was heavy exchanges of machine gunfire. it was relentless. and it intensified throughout the night. it's only just short of a slightly calmed down in the last hour or so. and the senior commanders here believe that the reason why there's been such an effort by gadhafi forces to try to retake control over this airport is because he believes that gadhafi loyalists are trying to clear a route for gadhafi and his family members to somehow escape. the rebels do not control the area to the east of the airport. there's two military bases located there. it is populated with gadhafi loyalists, we're t

arwa damon manage add brief look inside syria mostly from damascus.ns us from beirut, lebanon tonight. we're joined by a syrian human rights activist, her husband was taken off the streets, held for months, only just recently released. she's continued to speak out bravely for months now. rezan, when you hear syria's ambassador to the u.n. deny the bloodshed, deny the killings, say it's in fact government security forces being killed by armed gangs and that they're not targeting children at all, what do you think? >> i can't believe that these people would keep lying and keep repeating their lies time after time and again and again. i think the only way that mr. ambassador changes his speech when one member of his family gets arrested and tortured or maybe killed and tortured like what's happened, for example, with ismael -- yesterday in atakia. it's impossible that they still deny what is going on in spite of that reported videos by the families of victims of all these violations. >> razan, when you hear the ambassador say that peaceful protestors are

arwa damon in beirut tonight, thank you.tant conversation with nick burns, the normaler undersecretary of state, currently a professor at harvard and syrian human rights activist mohammed al abdullah. nick, you have said many times this should have happened sooner. it has happened. the question is now can the administration somehow create some momentum in addition to the europeans, the saddyes to not say it's a killing machine but assad must go. what has to happen next? >> john, it's a significant step by the obama administration because it isolates assad, it depreeshs his credibility in the region and internationally, and it hopefully will empower the opposition. syria matters. what happens next hopefully in other countries, turkey, egypt, saudi arabia will follow suit. if russia and china would cooperate more in the u.n. security council for a hard-core resolution to repudiate the syrian regime, that would be consequential. but this country is a very important country. it's a neighbor to israel, a neighbor to iraq, an ally

cnn's arwa damon is tracking this brutal crackdown for us. she's in beirut tonight.'ve been able to speak to some residents, some sources inside hama, what do they describe today? >> reporter: they describe an ongoing military crackdown. one that appears to be getting even more intense and more brutal. this morning we got through to one resident who was speaking to us on a satellite phone, as all communications have been cut off since wednesday morning, and during that conversation you could clearly hear the sound of gunfire. we were able to get in touch with him a few hours later, and he said that the gunfire had intensified to such a degree that he was forced to make a run for it. he said his vehicle was shot at and he was especially worried that if he was caught, he would possibly be executed, killed on the spot, because he was in possession of a satellite phone. but, john, it really goes to show you the lengths and the risks that these activists will take. and they say that this is something that they absolutely have to do. not just the resident whom we were talk

arwa damon for us from beirut tonight.nk you. >>> let's continue the important conversation with nick burns, he's the former undersecretary of state and syrian human rights activist, mohammed al abdullah. nick, you said it should have happened sooner, and now it has happened. now what now? can the administration get a momentum in addition with the europeans and the saudis to say it's not just a killing machine, but assad has to go? what has to happen next? >> well, john, it's a significant step by the obama administration because it isolated assad. it depreciates his credibility in the region and internationally and hopefully will empower the opposition. syria matters. what happens next hopefully is other countries, turkey, egypt, saudi arabia, will follow suit. if russia and china would cooperate more on the u.n. security council for a hardcore resolution to repudiate the syrian regime, that would be consequential. but this country is a very important country. it's a neighbor to israel and iraq. an ally of iran and hamas

our arwa damon is there. we'll talk to her. in southern tripoli, similar disdain for civilian lives. reports all day of loyalists gunmen out in the streets taking pot shots at people. now to the east, new video of the damage that loyalist fighters are leaving behind as they retreat. these are the oil facilities in brega still burning nearly a week after they fled. before they did they fired shells into the tank, causing this inferno right there. >>> and on the road from zawiya into tripoli, some group presumably loyalists kidnapping four italian journalists. 33 others including cnn's matthew chance went free today after that hair rowing ordeal held at gunpoint by loyalist thugs who did not know gadhafi was gone. here's how it played out. >> well, there's been some developments. we're hoping that they've negotiated an end to this crisis, this terrible experience that we' all been through. we've managed to speak to the guys who have been charged to watch after us. and they've been given orders by the gadhafi regime to not let the