one is a syrian nationa the other holds dual german lebanese citizenship. >> prosecutors say syrian opposition activists living in germany had been kept under close surveillance by syrian agents. they, in turn, have been watched by germany's domestic intelligence service. last weekend, opposition protesters stormed the syrian embassy in berlin. for years, diplomats have been suspected of maintaining a network of agents. their job -- to identify regime opponents in germany. if those people return to syria, the risk detention, interrogation, and beatings. >> we will once again make it perfectly clear to syrian representatives that we will in no way tolerate any crackdown on syrian opposition activists in germany. it is against the law here. it was just weeks ago that this regime critic was a salted in his berlin apartment by two unknown attackers. a member of the opposition syrian national transitional council, he believes syrian agents were behind the attack. prosecutors say so far, there is no connection between that incident and tuesday's arrests. >> now, to athens where government and intern

. >> early on we realized nationa phenomenal collection of americana and specifically portraits and other images from the civil war, which is where we got the alexander gardener image that we put on the cover. so working with them, the cure ator of photography, frank goodyear knows civil war photography backward and forward and everything. brady, gardener, and all the rest. and they're working with pat mitchell, the art director for the issue. we also went further afield and there's no shortage of just fantastic civil war imagery, the library of congress. we were almost, i think, you know, struck by -- we have these great pieces of journalism. we should say back in the 1850s and 1860s there was no art or images. the juxtaposition of some of these pieces with the images that we were able to find. and i've got a page here open to the mark twain. mark twain is sitting with one of the african-american gentleman he was friends with. some of the photos of the destruction of the war after. it really rings it home in avis ral way. >> we have five minutes left so i want to move to a couple other a

he was ten points above mitt romney in the gallup nationa tracking poll when we were here last week. today he is down four. that's a huge swing. it's the same kind of swing we've seen with other non-... other... "any "anybody but romney" candidates. we saw it with gingrich twice and now santorum. they surge up, beat romney. they get scrutiny and say things that cause controversy. they go back down. romney comes back up. romney has sustainability perhaps even if he doesn't have a lot of enthusiasm. >> ifill: do these ups and downs help the incumbent president on the side lines largely. >> no doubt that the president is doing better or is showing better in national polls. i think there are two general categories. two reasons for that. one is the better economic numbers or the perception that things are getting better. consumer confidence and unemployment rate. but this republican in-fighting is a huge advantage. the president is really off the front pages if you think about it over the past six weeks. it hasn't been about barack obama except when he does things like introduces this bud

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of your screen over to the left, the 59 comes down from 61 and 62 as you're heading towards i go nationa valley road. you might get hit with heavy fog at 680. that could be an issue for drivers. moving toward the mays, no major slowing although the incline across the bridge has speeds dipping there and the fog advisory for the bay bridge, as well. no metering lights yet. further south, we have an issue of debris through oakland. a live look shows you 880 approaching the coliseum, no problem for the flow. we'll track this, guys, and send it back to you. >> all right. thank you very much, mike. >>> 6:11 right now. still to come on "today in the bay," rick santorum's sweep in the state contest. we'll tell you why he might be gaining some momentum. >>> and i'm bob redell. you might have noticed your ride into work is costing more than normal. why it would still get more expensive. we'll have an explanation or at least try to explain the recent jump in the pump, comi [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm flaky pa