. >> tonight elizabeth palmer has a rare look inside syria which has been devastated by four years of civil war. 210,000 people have been killed most civilians. the fighting is right on the dictator's doorstep but you wouldn't know that inside bashar al-assad's shrinking world. >> reporter: there are few places left in syria where a good shot has nothing to do with guns. this is lattakia on the mediterranean, one of the last cities in the country that is still under full government control. if you are a syrian and you can afford it, this is where you come for your summer vacation. and to block out syria's vicious war which is creeping ever closer. less than 60 miles away extremist fighters took the city of jisr al shagour in may. rebel groups now control large areas of countryside. only half an hour of drive out of lattakia we found one of the syrian army posts holding the line. we weren't allowed to film their fighting positions just the soldiers checking traffic, the rebel sympathizers and weapons. beyond the syrian army check point is contested territory. there are armed opposition

but as elizabeth palmer discovered on a tour of her own buckingham has seen better days. >> reporter:st a tourist attraction and a backdrop for royal photo-ops. it's the central venue for the ceremony at the heart of britain's monarchy. anna reynolds is a curator of the royal collection trust. >> over 62,000 people are invited to buckingham palace each year by the queen or other members of the royal family for eventses ranging from a state banquet for heads of state to a garden party or investature. >> reporter: this is the largest room in buckingham palace. this is where the queen hosts all her fanciest dinner parties. and once the table's laid and everything's set 170 guests can sit down all at once. president obama was the guest of honor at such a banquet back in 2011. but behind all the gilt and glory, the old palace badly needs repairs. it's not the first time. during world war ii, a german bomb demolished a whole wing. since then, of course, it's had minor touch-ups, but what's being proposed now is a major $250 million renovation, good for the building, not so good for its elde

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cbs news correspondent elizabeth palmer filed this report. >> this was one of the heaviest bombardments if not the heaviest since airstrikes began back in september. there was 16 strikes on various targets but most at least one bridge. all important for isis to move men and equipment around their territory. they're going to have a lot more trouble doing that now. many of the strikes appear to have been to the north of raqqa we know isis has been reinforcing on that front in anticipation some of kind of attack from the considereddish army. we may actually be witnessing a preparation for that. a softening up of that perimeter in order for full scale assault on very heart of isis territory in side raqqa city. some of the isis fighters were live tweeting the bombing as it happened they said that the city of raqqa was shaking. for "face the nation" i'm elizabeth palmer. >> dickerson: back here in the united states, american celebrated the 4th of july yesterday under heavy security. there were 7,000 additional officers on the streets of new york city and washington's national mall was also un

elizabeth palmer in syria met a militia sporting the assad dic state-- dictatorship. >> reporter: syrian militiamen get that position macking it safe for us to get a look at the territory just beyond the olive grove recently seized by extremist fighters. at the end of the field commander abu majd said their snipers are always lacking for targets. >> that is where al-nusra is headquartered now. >> . >> that. >> on the southern front line of syria's war just a few mails from the jordainian border but the boarder has been closed for the last couple of mochbs. that territory is occupied by extremist fighters from isis and from jabat al-nusra. this spring rebels battled their way into this year and pushed the syrian forces out. since then apart from skirmishes it's been a stalemate. this was the only shot fired during our visit but the fighters are still tense. and militia units are everywhere helping the syrian army hold its remaining ground. we come under regular attack says commander abu mohammed. yes, he says and rockets and heavy machine guns that. a faw 100 miles away is swrord an. wher

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and we were interested in the view of cbs news correspondent elizabeth palmer who has spent years reporting from iran. >> reporter: iran's hard-line conservative, and that includes the revolutionary guard and some cleric, really fear and mistrust this deal. they think it will undermine their own power, but they're in a bind because iran's supreme leader has made it clear he's in favor of the agreement and they cannot publicly oppose him. however, they will be looking for opportunities going forward to sabotage better relations with america. >> pelley: now let us show you a picture we have of a moment of history. this is secretary kerry last saturday writing his closing argument to the iranians. we're told that he wrote for hours on an old u.s. senate legal pad. a person close to the negotiations tells us kerry told the iranians they could make the world safer and improve the lives of their own people, and he told foreign minister zarif that he could be the one to end the crippling sanctions. in another major story tonight two people are dead, six missing in floods in kentucky overnight. the

elizabeth palmer is in syria with more on the stepped up fight. elizabeth. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. these air strikes were among the heaviest if not the heaviest since the target last september. the target was infrastructures, roads, and especially bridges. 16 were target and destroyed. it's going to make it very difficult for isis to move around the city because they're divided in sections by waterways and it's cut the system off from highways across the river that leads into iraq or deeper into syria. also targeted was a van full of isis fighters according to activists and the seven civilians standing nearby who happened to be there were killed. isis fighters were actuallily live tweeting and they said the city of raqqah was shaking. norah? >> elizabeth palmer in raqqah. thank you. >>> this morning governor chris christie has returned from campaigning. he's the 14th to enter the republican presidential race. he has made 13 campaign stops in new hampshire and maine since announcing his candidacy last tuesday. christie joins eight other presi

elizabeth palmer is in latakia. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. air bombardment against isis in the west of syria is one front tearing the country apart and leaving small and, in many places shrinking pockets of stability. we visited one of them on the mediterranean sea. on the sunny beaches of latakia, the war might as well be on another planet. this is vacation land one of the last areas of the countries under full government control. but less than 50 miles away extremist fighters took a city in may and the armed opposition has crept into the countryside. we are going to an area just outside a town called salma. it is the limit of the area that the syrian military controls. across the country, that area has been shrinking over the past year. as the syrian army lost ground to isis and other extremist groups. at the checkpoint we weren't allowed to film the military's fighting position just routine inspections for rebel semp thighs sympathizer. the rebel fighters they say are on three sides and this man who lives next door confirmed that. how clos

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territory.r they are battling for a bigger share from the country from syrian government forces.forces elizabeth palmer is in the coastal city of latakia, one of the last areas under the rashad regime's control. >> rep elizabeth, good morning. ir >> reporter: good morning. the air bombardment against isisgainst i in the west in syria is just one front in a larger war that's iaptearing the country apart, ing th leaving small and, in many places shrinking pongts of ts of stability. we visited one of them on the mediterranean sea. on this sunny beach, the war might as well be on another planet. this is vacationland.r one of the last areas of the o country under full government contro control. but less than 50 miles away extremist fighters took the city in may. and the armed opposition has ntryside crept into the countryside. we're going to an area just outside a town called selma. it is the limit of the area that the syrian military controls.he across the country that area's ha been shrinking over the past year. as the syrian army lost ground to isis and other extremist groups. at the checkpoint we weren'

. >> elizabeth palmer thank you. >>> this morning new jersey governor chris christie has returned from a weekend of campaigning. he is the 14th republican to enter the race. he met voters in new hampshire. he has made 13 campaign stops in new hampshire and maine since announcing his candidacy last tuesday. christie joined eight other presidential contenders in the granite state over the weekend, including hillary clinton and jeb bush were also there. governor christie is trying to set himself apart from the competition and is with us now in studio 57. governor, good morning. >> good morning, norah. - >> you have set yourself apart from the competition. you're here. >> we appreciate that. >> day over. >> how about that win last night for the u.s. women's soccer team. >> and you're having a jerszy yjersey girl on right after me. four of the five girls were scored by jersey women. so it's a good day for new jersey this morning. >> let's talk about the presidential contest. 14 republicans. how do you break out from the pack? >> it's hard work basically and big ideas. i mean that's what fol

potter palmer, whose husband had built the palmer house in chicago, julia ward howe, elizabeth blackwell, who was the first female doctor in the country louisa catherine adams, who i think was a granddaughter of the first louisa catherine, the first lady, m. carey thomas, head of bryn mawr. so, anyway, these women decided that this was going to be their mission and they were going to raise $100,000 to help johns hopkins put up this medical school, and the men acquiesced and the women divided the country into 15 geographical regions and invited caroline harrison to be the person in charge of washington, d.c., with all her connections and so forth. so she had several receptions in the white house. and, of course, this was wonderful publicity and legitimacy for this group of women and their mission to get women into the medical school. and she also went to baltimore several times was the guest of honor at the receptions that mary elizabeth garrett held. so it was a very successful kind of lobbying, if you will, and the women came through and raised the money. susan swain: and caroline harri

elizabeth taylor. he gave those paintings to gene palmer in exchange for some tools, screwdrivers and pliers.hey made their escape. richard? >> live for us there at the clinton correctional facility. >>> i want to take you to some breaking news. macy's has now severed ties with donald trump in the wake of his incendiary comments about immigrants, the company just putting out a statement and it said in part quote, macy's is a company that stand for diversity and inclusion. we have no tolerance for discrimination in any form. we are disappointed and distressed about recent remarks about mexico in light of recent statements made by donald trump which are inconsistent with macy's values. we decided to discontinue our relationship with mr. trump and will discontinue the trump men's wear collection which has been sold at macy's since 2004 end quote. that statement from macy's on donald trump and their business ties. macy's is severing them. this is the latest fallout from his comments. nbc universal also severing ties, so this all in the fallout of donald trump's statements on those who are coming