in downtown damascus, only ten miles away, thousands of pro-government backers flooded the streets in a show of support for president, bashar al-assad. democrats in the u.s. senate have blocked a republican effort to bar president obama from raising the nation's debt limit. the vote today was largely along party lines. the national debt currently stands at $15.2 trillion. the increase would raise it by another $1.2 trillion. the house voted against the increase last week. on wall street, stocks fell as lagging home sales undercut an early rally. the dow jones industrial average lost 22 points to close at 12,734. the nasdaq fell 13 points to close at 2,805. the obama administration has released new rules aimed at restoring national forests. agriculture secretary tom

. >> hey, you guys seriously this is what is happening downtown damascus right now or happened a fewing about that weather, wet stuff on the road following tracks person in front of you at this point again, light covering, light dusting that is what tony was talking about downtown damascus, trying to head back into german town allow extra time on the roads. other side of town you will find trouble in southeast washington that is the accident activity, northbound as you approach your exit, howard road, traffic will get by, malcolm x avenue, now down to 14 miles an hour inner loop of the belt way, 66 that will cost you time with a 16 minute commute. >>> finally tentie wants get to decide which gop candidate they would like to see run against president obama. >>> for some it is a burst of momentum for others it could be the end of the road. >> reporter: good morning alison and steve this is a race that is so close it could end in a photo finish but who can decide at this point there have been so many ups and downs this is the day republican candidates have been waiting for voters of iow

the regime, abu khaled told me, feared the protests reaching downtown damascus. ( chanting in arabic ) >> navai: the protestors considered syria's president, bashar al-assad, a tyrant >> navai: further along the road, we heard there was a funeral for a young protester who'd died in prison. we stopped to film. abu khaled said we had to be quick as there were government informants everywhere. ( chanting in arabic ) >> navai: there are thousands of people at this funeral here, and they're all chanting, "freedom, freedom!" ( clapping ) the crowd was outside the cemetery where 22-year-old ayman zaghoul had just been buried. after being shot in the leg at a protest, he was arrested by the security forces. a week later, ayman's body was returned to his family. he had received no medical treatment and had been terribly tortured. one of his eyes had been gouged out. abu khaled said we needed to leave. he told me, nearly every day, in towns like these, security forces shoot and kill protestors. >> navai: in the next town, 2,000 people had gathered to mourn the deaths of more protesters, includ

in downtown damascus, only ten miles away, thousands of pro-government backers flooded the streets in a show of support for president, bashar al-assad. democrats in the u.s. senate have blocked a republican effort to bar president obama from raising the nation's debt limit. the vote today was largely along party lines. the national debt currently stands at $15.2 trillion. the increase would raise it by another $1.2 trillion. the house voted against the increase last week. on wall street, stocks fell as lagging home sales undercut an early rally. the dow jones industrial average lost 22 points to close at 12,734. the nasdaq fell 13 points to close at 2,805. the obama administration has released new rules aimed at restoring national forests. agriculture secretary tom vilsack said today the goal is to protect woodlands, while creating opportunities for the timber industry. the rules would shorten the average time it takes to develop forest management plans, among other things. the current rules have been in place since 1982. several attempts at revisions have been thrown out by federal c

. >> reporter: on most days, damascus is still a calm eye at the center of syria's political storm, but just six miles from downtown, there's a no-man's land sealed off by the syrian army. we were held at a military checkpoint on the outskirt of duma, this suburb of damascus, for over an hour, and while we waited we could hear the sounds of gunfire. finally, the soldiers have waved us forward. we're inside the town now. it's eerily deserted, except for military atta almost every corner. just anahour earliaer, video posted on the internet showed the streets of dumaa filled with antigovernment protesters. by the time we were allowed in, the residents told us they'd run away when the shooting started. over the years, anyone who challenged the ruling family was either exiled or jailed, like dr. chair, an opposition leader now out of prison and deeply worried. >> it must be a warning to allah those, and they must act very quickly and very effectively to avoid the progress of civil war. >> reporter: but calls for political dialogue are lost in the growing chorus of religious hatred and the volleys of gunfire. it's a trag

downtown to. civilians rebels and government forces sarah ferguson international from damascus. saying they get by heading hey it's said it's from the gulf states leave the airport mission in complete leaving behind a country in a deepening crisis it's never going to be easy they were going to. walk right from the word gay the missions prefer problematic the opposition accused them on it is of being too closely aligned with. government the government's now accused of being part of a foreign conspiracy and they will it just tickle complains to the observers seemed l. equipped on the ground and they were concerned that they were simply too few numbers to undertake such a major task but if things were bad at the beginning now they seem even worse following in saudi arabia's footsteps all the gulf states withdrew their observers after damascus rejected their recent proposal that included president assad cede power to a deputy and form a unity government was interesting that these countries is very interested in democracy and they have nothing this is the most interesting this is som

damascus some guy? >> he makes a great fatush downtown. >> i must look him up. kimberly, good to see you again. it seems like only a few hours ago we were sitting across from each other discussing almost the same story. mayor quan is quite a character. she loved the occupy yes, sirs when they started. she basically -- i don't have proof, but she basically handed the key of the city to them. talking about their beliefs. and now isn't the only person to blame herself? >> she bears direct response built. she coddled them and was trying to be pc and ended up being a pacifist for the whole thing. they didn't take her seriously whatsoever. if anybody is upset they should be upset directly with the mayor. it is her responsibility and she completely abdocated. >> so far it cost oakland $5 million. when they showed this on cnn i was on the stair climber, just so you know. >> thanks for that detail. >> and the bottom said this, whatever, incident injects new life into the movement. as though this is kind of a good thing. where do you stand on this? >> it is summed up in the words of gandhi saying "let's

it's changing over to snow here out toward damascus and laytonsville, mount area all seeing some snowflakes right now. into downtownn it's mostly raindrops. it's all still rain down toward andrews air force base, waldorf, la plata, out card quantico, i-5, and this is still rain. this is a quick-moving system. the back end is already starting to come into northern frederick and northern montgomery counties. don't get your hopes up for this one. i can tell you that. this cold front will be long down through southern maryland bit time the sun comes up. seasonably cold start, 20s and 30s, to get you out your door on monday morning. and a mix of clouds and sunshine throughout the day tomorrow. on the chilly side tomorrow. but the warmer weather is coming back fast. sunshine returns by tuesday with temperatures back into the 60s. so overnight tonight rain, snow, and wind coming to an end by about 3:00 in the morning. dry for the monday morning commute to work and school. startup temperatures 26 to 32. and then for tomorrow a mix of clouds and sunshine. a little breezy first thing in the morning but the winds will lay dow