cnn's mohammed jamjoom is following this story for us from beirut, lebanon. so mohammed, cnn can't confirm the authenticity of the video. what do we know about what happened in this village? >> reporter: fredricka, opposition activists tell us horrifying tales about what happened on friday in the town of hula. they say that, first, mortars were raining down on town. that the syrian government was with shelling the town and then that after that was over, the pro-regime militias entered the town and started indiscriminately slaughtering entire families, men, women, and children. now, we've started to hear more today from residents in that town, witnesses to this massacre. here's what one man had to say. >> translator: by god, i watched the dead bodies of nine children. one was less than 9 months old. why are they treating us like animals? we are humans. did the infant carry an rpg? was he a fighter? he was a baby. he had a pacifier in his mouth. what was his guilt? why was he killed? >> and, so, mohammed, there's a lot of finger pointing about who is responsible

cnn's mohammed jamjoom has more from lebanon. >> reporter: time and again over the past several monthse seen international pressures stepped up on syria, whether it be the u.n. or other agencies. we've seen the eu impose sanctions. arab league monitors were in there a few months ago. now there are u.n. observers there, about 300 on the ground. and yet, no matter who is there or what type of pressure is being applied on the syrian regime to end the cycle of violence, this brutal crackdown that's been going on for 15 minutes doesn't seem to be ending. >> the u.n. wants to see syria implement a peace plan, but in towns like hula it appears there's little chance for a cease-fire. itn's alex thompson traveled to hula and filed this report. >> reporter: hula today, so far the world has seen only fleeting glimpses from rebel cameras. we're in the southern suburbs, not exactly controlled by the syrian army, but they're here. we can only film covertly, and they're scared. very scared. who knows how many dead bodies lie around here. when i pulled the blanket back, it revealed an old man way past

our mohammed jamjoom joins us from beirut with more on this. mohammed, what more do we know about the massacre. >> reporter: well, alina, still a lot of questions being asked. you have an investigation that's been launched by the u.n. observer in syria as well as an investigation, the syrian government is saying they've launched into this, as well but syrian activists say that it was a horrific massacre that happened in the town of hula. first it was shelled by moretar and once that stopped they entered the town and slaughtered men, women and children, entire families and the latest numbers say that at least 49 children under the age of 10 were killed on that day. it's an atrocity that is outraging not just the syrian people but the international community where we're seeing more gruesome scenes emerge from video taken in that town. horrific scenes showing children by the dozens in small rooms, their lifeless bodies caked in blood, horrifying gruesome, very disturbing scenes, really shocking the world as to how this could have happened. alina? >

here is mohammed jamjoom. >> more than 100 dead.in one day and such grief and such rage. 49 of the victims had posed no threat to anybody, least of all the regime in damascus. they were children not yet 10 years old. >> translator: by god, i washed the dead bodies of nine children. one was less than 9 months old. why are they treating us like animals? we are humans. did the infant carry an rpg? was he a fighter? it was a baby. he had a pacifier in his mouth. what was his guilt? why was he killed? >> reporter: opposition activists accuse the syrian government and its thuggish militias of carrying out this massacre. the syrian government blamed terrorists for the killings and called the allegations against them a tsunami of lies. >> translator: we absolutely deny that the government armed forces had any responsibility in committing such massacre and we strongly condemn the terrorist massacre. >> reporter: the united kingdom's foreign minister said the world had heard that line from syria and its backers before. >> it is a familiar tac

we are joined by mohammed jamjoom joins us on the phone. >> this has very little hope. he says he is shocked and horrified about what transpired this weekend and there must be a very thorough investigation but the fact of the matter is no matter that there have been new u.n. observers on the ground there the violence has not increased and doesn't look like it will decrease any time soon. activists say they don't believe the syrian government and they don't believe the syrian government was ever ceasing the violence or crackdown towards them and the rebel free syrian army yesterday said coffee an n kofi annan's peace plan was dead. since a cease-fire that never seems to have come to pass was agreed upon over 1600 syrians have been killed in that time alone. very little hope. obviously, kofi annan is hopeful he can do something and hopeful to do something to convince assad to make sure that the syrians are implementing the six-point peace plan but at this stage very little hope what can happen next. >> 49 children under age of 10, the pictures are horrific. what is the mo

our mohammed jamjoom joins us from beirut with more on this. at more do we know about the massacre. >> reporter: well, alina, still a lot of

. >> mohammed jamjoom live for us in beirut. thank you very much. >>> the outrage over the massacre is exploding in places other than just syria. 100 activists rallied outside the white house chanting free, free syria. other others asked obama to act. you decide. human rights or genocide. >>> all right. we turn to politics now and blame the on the ego. rudy giuliani said that was the reason he took jabs at mitt romney during the 2000 date presidential campaign. watch. >> well, i mean there's an amount of personal ego. i was probably comparing his record to my record and maybe it was circumstances or whatever, but i had massive reduction in unemployment. he had a reduction in unemployment of about 8%, 10%, 15%. i had a reduction in unemployment of 50%. they had a growth of jobs of about 40,000. we have a growth of jobs of about 500,000. i thought i was comparing my far superior record to his otherwise decent record but the numbers weren't as great. that's all part of campaigning. >> all right. after hearing that you may not belie