edith bouvier, a french correspondent seriously injured. very difficult to move her because her leg was fractured. two others, a french journalist named william daniels and javier espinosa, who is a spanish journalist, they are trapped in homs in a district that is coming under heavy attack. there had been reports that edith bouvier and had crossed the border into lebanon. that has not been confirmed. we believe she is probably still inside homs, although we cannot confirm anything. ordon't know if she is out the other two. that is the situation. >> we heard in that report, talking about the international community will not stand by, will not allow a couple crimes to go unpunished. presumably, the syrian regime that is beyond caring. these are just more words, in the end. >> the only thing that really matters for the syrian regime at this stage is to have continued the sydiplomatic reports from beijing and moscow. almost a cold war going on, russia and china defending their position very strongly, counteracting western positions that it say

. >> the badly-entered french journalist edith bouvier was with him in the hospital. there is confusion about her whereabouts and that of two other journalists there. after leaving, they still had to get out of syria. harassed by government forces, they apparently split up. this activist helped them to flee. >> they were coming under a lot of fire. they had to move from house to house and there were rockets fired at them and even tank shells. the operation across the border took three or four hours. >> despite the successful rescue, a veteran war correspondent died in homs. her body remains there along with that of a french photographer. his girlfriend pled for his remains to be returned tom. >> the loss of your boyfriend is terrible, but the waiting is insufferable. i think all religions recognize to greet you need a body. we are not able to grieve. i will not leave him there. >> the plight of civilians still in homs remains desperate. here, rescue workers tried to free a little boy trapped in the rubble of his home destroyed by a shell. he apparently survived. many

conroy has been smuggled out of syria, but there is still concern over the french journalist, edith bouvier. but the republican presidential race for the white house continues. a top u.s. military officer has said north korea needs to halt its nuclear program in order to receive food aid. that contradicts stated u.s. policy that food issues are separate. north korea is believed to be in the grips of a food crisis. there are claims north korea is issuing permits for people wishing to visit relatives in china, provided they agreed to return. what did the official release say? >> the u.s. chief of the pacific command was speaking to a senate armed services committee when he made these comments, so they were very much alive comment, but he said the conditions being discussed between the u.s. and north korean for the resumption of food aid included an end to the nuclear program, an end to a missile testing, and the possible reintroduction of inspectors to north korea. that goes right against u.s. policy. the u.s. embassy says two issues remain. that is denuclearization and food aid. >> it is sti

the badly injured french journalist, edith bouvier, was with him. enr rrcutrr whereabouts are unknown. they were seized in a corner of the homs. is still had to get out of syria. this activist helped them flee. >> they were coming under a lot of fire. they had to travel on foot moving from house to house. there were rockets fired at them and even tank shells. the evacuation took three or four hours. >> the cost was high. >> they were supposed to turn back. there is a tremendous loss of life. we lost three activists. a group returning lost six activists. >> this began with the deaf of a veteran war correspondent in -- teh death of a correspondent in homs, >> the loss of your boy friend is terrible, but the waiting is insufferable. i think all religions recognize that to say goodbye you need a body. we are not able to grieve. i have promised everyone, his friends and family, that i will not leave him there. >> many others died today, as they do every day. evidenced by the red cross to get a temporary ceasefire appealing. many activists are risking the

. >> edith bouvier was with him in the hospital. there is confusion over her current whereabouts and of two other journalists with them. they are under siege in homs. after leaving, they still had to get out of syria. this activist helped them to flee. >> they were coming under a lot of fire. they had to travel on foot and move from house to house. there were rockets fired at them and tank shells. the evacuation across the border took three or four horse. >> the cost has been high. >> most were forced to turn acko back. paul was able to go ahead. there was tremendous loss of life. the group with paul lost three, and the group with the turning journalists lost six. >> this began with marie in homs. her body remains there along with a photographer. his girlfriend pleaded for his remains to be allowed to go home. >> the loss of your boyfriend is terrible, but the waiting is inthan sufferable. i think all religions recognize that to say good, you need a 0 body. we are not able to grieve. i have promised everybody, his friends and family

. >> edith bouvier, the french journalist who also was injured said her broken leg and internal bleeding also needed urgent medical attention. elsewhere in homs, some ventured out for a hurried funeral, a death which apparently left these two small boys without a father. as international dismay mounts, so does the pressure on president al-assad. a new u.n. human rights support blames his troops of gross and systematic violations. tomorrow tunis host as major conference and its central focus is how to trap civilians. >> we hope to see help for syrians caught in assad's stranglehold, and international coordination and international pressure on damascus to convince it to allow humanitarian aid to those who need it most. >> already syria's main opposition group has called for three safe passages, one to bring in aid from jordan to dara and one from lebanon into homs and the third from turkey inside iglid. the opposition sees the tunis conference as an important step towards international recognition but helping those besieged inside syria is now a bigger priority. >> i'd like to see the conf

edith bouvier, particularly badly injured. badly broken leg.ng the thighbone and across the thighbone. the doctors treating her are concerned she could suffer either clotting or bleeding internally. they desperately need to get out. yesterday we heard those video pleas from some of those journalists. here is the british photographer, paul conroy, who was working with marie colvin. >> i am currently being looked after by the medical staff who are treating me with the best medical treatment available. it's important that i'm here as a guest, not captured. any assistance that we can give them by government agencies would be welcomed. now, just any help. just want to assure family and friends in england that i'm okay. >> despite demands from british and french government s there's been no assurance from the syrian regime that they will let those journalists out. no humanitarian corridor plan. the doctors are very concerned about the health of both paul but especially edith. there are two other uninjured journalists, there, too, william daniels and

wounded journalist edith bouvier lays in a safe house.d by the shell it is that killed two of their colleagues on wednesday. a plea for help from a place desperately in need of some. >> translator: my leg is broken, the length of my fee mural. i need to be operated on as quickly as possible. the doctors have treated me as best as they can, except they cannot perform any surgical operations, so i need as quickly as possible during a cease-fire, a car with medical equipment, or at least in good condition to take me to lebanon to be treated as quickly as possible. >> on the same video, william daniels, unhurt, but clearly concerned for bouvier. >> translator: her more real is good, she is smiling, so i hope the french authorities can heche as quickly as possible, because it is difficult here. we don't have electricity, we don't have a lot of food, and the bombs keep falling. i think we need to get out of here as quickly as possible through medical means. >> reporter: not long after that video surfaced on the internet, a second one, this time

french reporter edith bouvier who was injured in the same attack was injured. want to know that it will not confiscate photographs or recordings. the government is stepping up its shelling attacks this morning. at least 41 people have reportedly been killed just today. >>> our cnn in depth this week focusing on gas prices. the national average rising another two cents to $3.72 a gallon. that's according to aaa. the average price inching closer to that $4 mark. rising oil prices due to tensions with iran are pushing gas prices up here in the u.s. the cost of gas, up more than 12% since the start of the year. we'll have much more on your gas prices later this hour from cnn senior business correspondent, ali velshi. stay tuned for that. >>> it's primary day. voting underway in michigan and arizona now. what happens today could set the tone for super tuesday next week. the most recent polls showing mitt romney and rick santorum in a virtual tie in michigan. romney's home state. the santorum campaign has been robo calling democratic voters in michigan asking them to

injured journalists that the sunday times photographer, paul conroy and the french journalist, edith bouviern, when they came out they only had with them, an old woman, a pregnant woman and her husband. and according to activists they say there was about an hour lull in the shelling and as soon as the syrian red crescent vehicles left the shelling resumed against with quite an intensity and they say the journalists, the international journalists don't feel comfortable leaving with the syrian red crescent because they're not international. they're syrian workers. they don't trust them. they want the international committee for red cross in person in there to get them out and give them security, wolf. >> that constitutional referendum in syria, is that really going to make a difference, nick? or is it so many u.s. and european officials, many in the arab world are saying simply, a joke? >> reporter: it's not going to bring peace. the country is on the edge of civil war. it's not going to change that one a iota. it will give russia and china, syria's backers, something to point to and say -- lo

. >>> wounded french reporter edith bouvier has now been safely out of syria.t a short time ago, taken out. french president nicolas sarkozy saying that happened. bouvier was wounded in an attack that left two western journalists dead in the besieged city of homs. that happened last week. british photographer paul conroy was also wounded in the attack. activists smuggled him out of the country and into lebanon earlier as well. >>> the cruise liner that caught fire in the indian ocean yesterday is getting a tow to seychelles. more than a thousand passengers and crew on board. no injuries have been reported. now, the ship is the sister of the "costa concordia," which was shipwrecked off the coast of italy. that happened earlier in january, killing 21. the "concordia" survivor went to washington to attend tomorrow's congressional hearings on cruise ship safety and passenger rights. >> laws need to be changed to protect our citizens. they need to do the drills before we even leave port. that's major. so that everybody knows what they're supposed to do. >>> now back