nic robertson has been following this closely. knick, what nic, what's the deal?ot hard enough? >> or not getting the right targets. germany said, if you want to overthrow gadhafi, you need to kill him or force him from power which focuses your efforts towards him. doesn't matter how much you protect the civilians in the country as u.n. rev luse calls for, he's happy to stay in power himself. everything has to be about gadhafi. we've seen nato step up from aircraft. jet aircraft. drones added into that mix, manned aerial vehicles, helicopters aing that, helicopters are patches flown by the p french attack helicopters. the effort has stepped up. 11 weeks into this, gadhafi doesn't seem to be any further moved to leaving. there is a frustration, a growing feeling amongst the international community that gadhafi's days are numbered. nobody is putting a time night on it. what we're hearing is a level of frustration that the job isn't done, despite all of this effort, expensive effort, nobody quite knows when the tipping point is going to come, kyra. >> we're waiting.

nic, good to see you. with the news tonight that the president will be calling for this drawdown of 30,000 troops, the surge troops, by the end of next year, how do you think that will sit with hamid karzai and the government in afghanistan? >> well, it's going to be a wake-up call for the government that the time's running out in afghanistan where they need to stand up their own forces. we were in kandahar just before christmas. and the surge of troops there, u.s. troops on the grand, were really making a difference. they brought some stability to the city, to some of the neighboring areas around kandahar. and they were making a difference. but the commander's problem was, he wanted to move his forces on to other places to take on the taliban. and he couldn't because afghan politicians hadn't sort of prepared the way to put afghan troops into backfill the u.s. troops who needed to move on to other places. so for president karzai, this is going to be a real wake-up call. the moves that he hasn't been makin

nic robertson is joining us from london. nation building, nic, is not officially what the u.s.s they're doing in afghanistan but really as part of this counterinsurgency strategy nation building is what the united states has been doing in afghanistan for years. >> it has. if you look at where surges had the best successes, towns in kandahar and halman, it's because of security allowing to provide security for the mayor's office and for the governor and things that they can't afford to do for themselves and get markets back up and running and provide security for street vendors to be able to come out to those markets. it's all these sorts of things that surge has provided for. when you take that away and take those successes and security away, you are left with an environment that the afghans cannot in many cases sustain themselves. kabul has been mostly a relative safe haven but last week you have a multiple suicide bombing attempt there. you see where taliban is already trying to impinge into areas where already good security is provided. >> nic, you spent a lot of time in afg

our nic robertson is live in abu dhabi.covering this story from the very beginning closely mao for months. first of all, why this back-and-forth? why has this woman been brought from one country to the next to the next? will she ever be able to come back home? >> reporter: i don't think she's going to be going home if you call home the east of libya where the rebels control which is where her parents live. i don't think she'll be going back home any time soon. see now sees her life being outside libya. she doesn't feel safe there from gadhafi's loyalists who might be able to get to her even if she was in the east of libya. she's got her sights now firmly set on getting to the united states if she can on some sort of refugee program. she's a lawyer. she wants to continue her legal studies and she sees the united states as being the best place for her. she really wants to put this part of her life behind them, much as she's got family and friends back in libya. it's what she really would like as well is just to get over this

nic? >> reporter: monita, one of the things that seems to be close to the top of the agenda is financing for the rebels at the moment. i don't think anyone expected moammar gadhafi to be holding on this long, at least in the international community. and this is now the third contact group meeting. there was one in dough ha-- doh qatar. the reason for the monthly meet sgz to build consensus. they believe the consensus for removing moammar gadhafi is growing. they point to turkey's recent statements, russia's recent statements and they will be looking at the meeting to find more support among arab nations as well, indeed perhaps financial supporters as well as the same time in the united states congress to unfreeze some of libya's frozen financial assets so they can be released to the rebels at this time. also trying to find money, we'll be making sure there is a transparent mechanism tore dispensing that money in the way and what it is spent on. we're expecting some discussion on what happe

what's going on, nic?ter: well, wolf, i was in the military court today to see these doctors and nurses brought before the judge. 1 of them. -- 11 male doctors and five or six female doctors. males looked pathetic because their hair had all been shaven short. they looked tired, strepsed, nervous, anguish. you can see they haven't seen the sunshine for quite some time as well. that's why they look rather pathetic. but one of them challenged the judge saying that the confessioned they had aide been forced to sign had been given under torture. we heard in the courtroom there, i heard several of the lawyers said that their defendants, the doctors they were representing, had been tortured, too, and they asked the judge to allow the doctors to be visited by a civilian doctor and that these confessions that they've signed under torture shouldn't bed a ms.able in the court. the prosecutor challenged said, said that these were not obtained under torture. the judge told the doctors they'd be heard in due course and

>> you heard from mark and nic, these are fragile gains.s than a week ago, at that time ban executed multiple simultaneous suicide attacks in kabul. that is the last perimeter for coalition forces, and one that's always been closely guarded. this is a time when the taliban will begin to test us. i think what you are hearing from the pentagon from general petraeus and secretary gates, make the initial draw down modest. do it in a way that doesn't have us pulling forces out but not replace forces rotating back, do it slowly, so it is not perfect septemberable, and the ability to use force when necessary. it will be interesting to see how when you look at the numbers we're talking now, 10,000 by end of the year opposed to 3 to 5,000 recommended by commanders in the field, this is double. how will they manage that, not lose the fragile gains we have gotten by use of blood and treasure. >> great. okay. general, i would like to ask you the question that chris lawrence talked about a little while ago, the idea of the seasons and importance of them

nic, what are your sources telling you about the condition of the president? >> reporter: well, we understand that he's had surgery on his brain, neurosurgery. we understand that he has 40% burns. we understand that he has a collapsed lung. and medical experts say that for a man of his age, in his mid-60s, to have received 40% burns on his body, some of them second-degree burns, to have had shrapnel removed from his body, to have had this surgery on his brain, he's lucky to have survived at this point. people describe his face as being charred. it's hard to imagine how he can physically go back. but he is stubborn. he is refusing to back down still, even in this condition. certainly we understand the saudis want to put pressure on him not to go back. but they're not saying, we're not getting any information at the moment from saudi officials. two days ago we were. they're not saying anything. you get the impression that people really -- the saudis, the united states' heavily involved here, the european government's heavily involved, they're really waiting for

. >> let's get some more insight from our senior international correspondent nic robertson.ll us, the appointment of al zawahiri what does it mean for al qaeda? >> it means continuity. he's been one of the principal ideologues. he was there when bin laden put out or put forward al qaeda's global agenda in 1998 so he was part of the mastermind of that agenda. while he lacks the charisma that bin laden had and while he is sometimes seen as a divisive figure, he's going to bring continuity. don't expect any change from al qaeda because of this, john. >> when you say don't expect any change, does that include its targeting, if you will, since the death of bin laden, we've heard there have been disputes among the rank and file and leadership about whether to make the united states and the west a big target or whether to focus more on regional challenges like in the middle east. >> he's going to look to the challenges that the arab spring brought to perhaps bring instability to libya or true news ya or in the north of africa to develop a better foot hold for al qaeda there, in yem

nic robertson for us in abu dhabi, nic, thank you as always. >>> you may be aware of the new 3-d filmtv craze, but now there is 3-d printing. we'll tell you about what could be the next tech craze right after the break. don't go anywhere. >>> and don't buy that new printer, whatever you do, until you see this next story. >>> well, everyday on this show, we do a segment called the "big i" which is about new innovations and solutions to big problems. today's big i is about the 3-d printers which allow you to create 3-d objects like this one right here, my mini ali velshi. it sounds like something out of "star trek" but it is not out of this world. you may have one in your home soon. laurie seigel reports. >> reporter: 3d printers and cutting edge 21st century tech, but they have been around since the last century. who used it? >> automobile companies and aerospace companies and companies with the budget to buy expensive printers and c.a.t. systems. >> reporter: now they are moving to the mainstream. doctors use them for microorganisms and artists for making creations of the future, and

nic?obeidy can't get a break, she spent a month in qatar taken there by the rebels. once she escaped libya, why qatar because qatari authorities heavily support the rebels. she'd been disappointed with the rebels, frustrated they were trying to perhaps she felt maybe use her a little bit while she was just trying to recover from the emotional strain of everything she had been through, the rape and the pressure of living in tripoli, not knowing, she said, if she was going to die from one day to the next. what had happened was she had asked the united nations high commission for the refugees to give her refugee status, they granted her that status and her parents had come to visit her but it seems the qatari authorities had put her under essentially arrest with armed guards on the door in the hotel, told her she was going to be forcibly deported even though the unhcr had a representative in qatar who had documents to show she had refugee status, plane tickets to take her to a third country.

cnn's nic robertson is standing by.ave been in the united arab emirates with you, hillary clinton, the secretary of state. what are they saying about all these suggestions that gadhafi must go, even if it means he gets killed in a nato air strike? >> reporter: well, there's a growing concern that the only way gadhafi is going to go is not by damaging his military on the front lines in misratah, that saves the civilians of that city but rather focusing on him, himself, because he will quite happily let his army to pounded into the dirt. there's alsos a recognition here that the longer this situation goes on, the more destruction that happens in the country, the harder it is going to be for the rebels and for other political forces in the country to unite. that it's going to take longer, if you will, and take more money to put the country back together. so there's a recognition here that you can bomb the front lines, but unless you get gadhafi, you won't bring this to an end because he's not going to step down because his

nic robertson joins us live from london. nic what are we hearing from this group exactly?> reporter: mujahadin the group had been using a cell phone to communicate with had been around 20 or more years and creation in part by pakistan's intelligence service and radical islamist mujahadin who pakistan used to help fight the soviets in the pakistan in 1980s and also used them as a proxy force in indian-controlled kashmir and that territory between pakistan and india. now, this organization has sort of ties and a common global outlook has al qaeda and the taliban and perhaps best scene in 1999, mujahadin, one of the few people in that group, hostaged an india airlines plane and landed it in afghanistan and did a deal with the taliban and al qaeda that let them off scott-free and let the indian airline passengers go free as well but shows you the fact of the group based in pakistan and supported and trained by their intelligence and military services had close ties to the taliban and al qaeda. and that sort of, if you will, why people are asking questions now. if osama bin lad

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it's a magellan- nic >>> it's only days old but the darling of the san francisco zoo is a baby penguin after the chick hatched from its egg. not ready for prime time but in a couple of months it will be splashing around -- loud though -- with its fellow penguin chicks. >>> coming up tonight at 5:00, san francisco firefighters hurt in the line of duty. three firefighters hurt, two critically. the latest on their conditions. it's all coming up tonight at 5:00 and 6:00 right here on eyewitness news. >>> and weather-wise, what's cooking. we have some partly cloudy skies around the bay area, a bigger storm looks like it's going to affect weekend plans. but be prepared for that one. >> sounds like a rainy june. >> yeah. >> all right. thanks, lawrence. that's it for us here at cbs 5 newsroom. have a great afternoon. we'll see you tonight again at 5:00. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com ,, [ woman ] everybody's looking for deals these days, and i'm not talking about saving a dollar off shampoo or two-for-one tacos or something. i'm talking about paying less -- every month.

nic robertson, thanks. >> let's get more on this. joining us to respond live from brussels is nato spokesman juan al jesco. i guess we're trying to understand are we splitting hairs? the u.n. resolution says that the nato can target the command and control of libya and it does seem to be the world's understanding that the command and control in libya seems to be very, very heavily centered, not just on the apparatus but on moammar gadhafi. tell me what's your interpretation of this is. >> ali, let me make this very clear. nato does not target any specific individuals. we do target critical military capabilities that could be used to organize, plan, and conduct attacks against civilians and civilian centers. and that is in full compliance with the u.n. security council resolution 1973 that you are referring to. which authorizes all necessary means to stop and prevent attacks in the threat of attacks against civilians and civil populated centers. >> yeah. to say that you can take all necessary measures and you don't target individuals,

nic robertson is in sana, yemen. let's go to arwa first.a, this has been another tough time, another tough few weeks. what's going on in syria right now? tell our viewers what you're seeing firsthand. >> reporter: well, wolf, we got an opportunity to go up to the highly controversial town that is at the center of the military crackdown that sent all of those refugees streaming across the border to turkey. and we hoped that following our trip, we would have a better idea of exactly what it was that transpired there. take a look at what we saw. it is unsettling arriving in the town. for weeks we heard stories of brutal attacks by syrian security forces, of thousands fleeing, of mass graves. now the government is bringing journalists to this dusty and very empty town. we're escorted, not only by officials, but two truck loads of military. that's for our own protection, we're told. armed gangs that once controlled all of this town are still a threat. military officials tell us the crackdown here was unavoidable. to stop terrorist elements whose

intended to help business owners keep track of work-related expenses and the incentive to sign up is nic but they have drawbacks. >> they are not covered by the protections of the card act. >> reporter: unlike regular credit cards marketed to consumers the interest rate fees and other conditions on a business card can change without warning. another concern? consumers might not realize business credit cards are different than regular credit cards. >> what's really sneaky is that a lot of these offers are identified as professional credit cards which is not clear what that means. and, you know, somebody might just open up their mail and say i'm a professional so i'm getting a professional credit card. >> reporter: last week a consumer group went so far as to urge consumers who get offers for business cards to throw them away. now, bank of america is one of the handful which is voluntarily extending some protections in the credit card act to its business cards. and keep in mind these cards may actually work for you if you pay off that balance every month. and if you have a consumer problem

our senior international correspondent nic robertson is in the capital city.e and the back and forth you've been getting on that. first, i want to ask you, the army fought against al qaeda members today. was that fight at all related to the nationwide civil uprising? >> reporte >> reporter: it is. i mean, there are so many things that are part of a nationwide uprising, tribes that are going against the president, sectarian volatility, al qaeda and radical islamists in the south of the country, five al qaeda members according to the government today. many of them wounded, they say, seven soldiers wounded in abian province. the state capital according to some people was taken over by radical islamists or al qaeda in the past few weeks. the government saying they arrested six al qaeda members today. they say those people were making ieds. this is -- of yemen at the moment, a country that is unstable and perhaps becoming -- just because the president is out of the country -- as he is under huge international pressure to do, brooke. >> as he is under that pressure

but the state department cables then cite a highly ranked government officials that says all our own nicarcadia took their fear of competition further and scared away potentially more competitive bidders by threatening to kidnap their representatives i think that falls under the category of best practices something called k p m g good blue zone on the phone that's right in their instruction manual so they threatened all kinds of murder and mayhem of that and get their way well the point is is that here are guys who are running our global markets whether it's the high frequency traders or this guy just using old school fun tactics and sort of mafia tactics that run all of our price discovery mechanisms now the classics leg breaking some slaying skulls fracturing this is the stuff the price discovery is made out of you don't mention arcadia my first thought of course was philip green's company arcadia in the u.k. they are top shops and they're being protested by u.k. uncut for price fixing market manipulation and not paying their taxes so this group arcadia name seems to attract a lot of w

writing a bushel live from you nic thank you very much for that uptick. former bosnian serb army chief rocco melodic his first appearance before the hague war crimes tribunal on friday the sixty nine year old will be asked to enter a plea on charges of genocide is accused of ordering the killing of some eight thousand muslim men and boys at server needs in one thousand nine hundred five but his country not as our guys found out many are questioning the legitimacy of the evidence. sixteen years on the run six days in serbian court and the rest of his life in the hague. official belgrade was more than ready to extradite former bosnian serb army chief. in a matter of hours to i see why is not is ready to prosecute a war that is accused of ordering the mass murder of muslim men and boys in the villages there but in need so in one thousand nine hundred five. the hague tribunal does have a lot of evidence regarding the massacre but isn't all of it valid of forensic evidence certainly those north support their extravagant charges over eight thousand victims and.

houghton turks to central asia in nine hundred forty four but they had to flee again after violent as nic was in his that is down in nine hundred eighty nine most of them now live in azerbaijan in turkey as well as russia and the united states george are finally adopted a repatriation under pressure from the european council in two thousand and seven but even for years on the law doesn't appear to have changed anything. they know george isn't the richest or the most stable of countries that's the first thing secondly they seem to realize they're not welcome here to come to an entirely new country that's going to be our new everyone is capable of that. came into power but it was surrounded by so many bureaucratic barriers to collect so many documents it makes coming back almost impossible the chairman of the world. organization of the most hardened turks suleyman got about cancer has traveled to georgia repeated li in before and to make the repatriation a lot more infectious but last year saleman was arrested in georgia and imprisoned through eleven years he was accused of forging document

businesses especially big businesses there were governments who made the choice of overpriced far our own nic in a way big public works for example take for example the big works that public works that were made for the olympic games which are now stands totally useless and deserted these have been political choices that have aggravated the problem of there not salaries not social security payments ok well we're following what's happening with the very closely tonight of the next year as a singer that vote of confidence goes from the stairs chronicle is lecture of university and thanks for your thoughts on the program. i was thoughts about it to us the financial guru most keyser soze that the greeks are being fooled or the paying off but they're not responsible for if you'd like to hear more about what i was to say you can catch his thoughts on the scandals bradley economic turmoil in greece in just over fifteen minutes time tonight on r.t. . it's the annual aviation showcase for companies battling it out for control of the skies multi-billion pound deals the air show is underway outside pari

capital voice of russia radio host and nic ricardo young good to have you on r.t. thank you. other news now the u.k. failed to track detainees handed over to the u.s. neglecting to protect them from possible torture in america's secret prisons the one that's been revealed often in agreement between the two states and the treatment of terror suspects captured in iraq was declassified twenty eight year old pakistani eunice from atlanta is one of the victims of this deal he was seized by british soldiers in iraq in two thousand and four as a suspected insurgent and secretly sent to a u.s. detention camp in afghanistan a process dubbed extraordinary rendition and that is known as a calling on the u.k. to help free him as britain was the detaining authority british labor party m.p. and peace campaigner jeremy corbyn has told us earlier that despite the close ties between the two countries the u.k. had no excuse for allowing prisoners to be sent to the us for torture. there is an extraordinarily close military security and foreign policy relationship between britain and the united

afghanistan have mishandled the situation of i thank you very much for your thoughts political analyst and nic russia talking to us from islamabad thank you and i'll be back with the headlines shortly refers to the latest business news of dmitri. thanks to say hello and a warm welcome to business r.t. cash strapped bella groups is asked russia to freeze the price of pays for gas bellerose had an exclusive right supply russian gas at a lower price than the european average how are the benefits were planned and this year i was official say the country has a right to achieve a deliveries they claimed it and countries are creating a common economic so on and therefore price levels of the court and the say gazprom could lose six hundred fifty million dollars this year prices are frozen and then twenty twelve for them out of three billion russia's gas giant gazprom is holding its annual general meeting the company has announced an increase of its investment program to a record level as million of course reports. it's pretty clear that gas problem is trying to increase its share in the market they're

nic robertson, cnn, man a mar, bahrain >>> recapping our top stories here on "world one," the numberd to turkey has now risen to more than 5,000. are getting away from a military crackdowns on protest ores. human rights activi activists m and that there was heavy shelling. state media say at least three people were killeded on sunday including a soldier. a series of earthquakes has hit christchurch bringing further destruction to the city. no one has died but there are reports of injuries. the quakes come nearly four months after a 6.3 magnitude struck the same area, killing more than 180 people. >> you're watching "world one" live from london. i'm monita rajpal. >> i'm zaun verjee. the news continues here on cnn. >>> "american morning" starts in just three minutes. we have seven republican candidates for president all getting set to debate tonight. the only place to see it is here on cnn. we'll bring you the best political coverage live from new hampshire this morning. >> new embarrassing photos of anthony weiner posted on the website of tmz triggering new calls for the congressman

. >> cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson. >>> greece is in the grip of new turmoil. the prime minister is reshuffling his government after violent protests exploded on the streets of athens. geor he is trying to win support for more austerity measures. wednesday and images of protesters clashing with riot police through a fog of tear gas has really put the seriousness of the greek debt crisis in focus. about 25,000 demonstrators within on t were on the street in the capital. we're joined by someone in athens. >> the rumors have been flying thick and fast yesterday and today about whether lawmakers will resign. one or two have threatened to do so. one of them has actually specifically said he will yesterday, which would bring the governing majority down to 155 seats and george needs 151. that brings him within four deputies of losing a majority. >> is he going to be able to do that? will he be able to hold it together? >> the test will come if and when he presents the austerity plans which the creditors of greece have said this is absolutely necessary. this is the mi

it's fast cars, lots of guns, amb amber herd being a butt-kicking beauty, and nic cage's hair blowing in the breeze. sign me up, represent this movie. >> and i think we have time for "the company men" about a guy who loses his job, goes to work for his brother-in-law, and kind of redefines himself. what do you think? >> i say watch it, it's very serious, not beer drinking out of a human skull, but interesting in this economy with a lot of interesting performers. ben affleck, who just keeps getting better. >> great talking to you. thanks. >>> cnn producers, anchors, reporters also have bags packed, always. and we keep up on the hottest travel spots around the world. and our political team tells us some of their favorite places to eat on the campaign trail. >> oh, my god, barbecue. anywhere in the south, the barbecue is so good that even when you go to gas stations, they have good barbecue. >> i go out of my way every other yearo sore when i'm in new orleans, these begniets. >> the airport has great barbecue. >> they're made right, best in des moines, which is a kind of crumpled up hamb

cnn's nic robertson following developments and joins us now.l us about the new u.s. air strikes and what some call really a secret campaign against al qaeda in yemen? >> reporter: randi, it's very interesting. secretary of state hillary clinton was here earlier meeting at a contact group on libya and asked that question about the bombing runs in yemen, and she offered no answer at all. she said, i'm not going to comment on operations. certainly gives the impression that those operations may be ongoing. there have been drone strikes in the past. they have targeted al qaeda leaders, anwar awlaki the yemeni cleric who inspired a number of attacks inside the u.s. and other parts of the world, there were strikes against him. what's happened in the past, though, sometimes they've missed, it's angered the yemeni population. right now it seems al qaeda, particularly in some of the southern provinces, is trying to take advantage of the sort of fighting in the rest of the country to take territory for weakened government forces. and by targeting them now

nic robertson is following developments and joins us now.you can, can you just give us an update, what is the status of these military trials? are they still in progress? >> reporter: they are absolutely still in progress and the government is really sort of fast-forwarding a huge number of defendants through these cases. it was more than 40 people yesterday, there were more than 30 the day before. the trials continue. the doctors themselves, that case has been postponed to the 20th of june but a government official today called me into his office to show me videotape that he says proves the allegations that the government's making against the doctors. it's not legal evidence that would stand up in a court of law that you and i are familiar with, where the defendant is innocent until proven guilty, but the government here is convinced it's right, won't listen to any outside calls that the doctors should have their confessions squashed, they should be treated by civilian doctors and indeed, that they, if they are going to be tried, put in a c

it doesn't appear certainly in the public face of the contact group to be big differences, wolf. >> nic scene for us at abu dhabi. >>> here's a question that i would like the outgoing armed services committee director's confirmation hearings, i would ask him, director panetta, the u.s. taxpayer has so far spent $1 billion to pay for the american nato operation in libya, in the meantime the u.s. as frozen at least $30 billion of libyan assets here in the united states. would you support keeping a running tab on what u.s. taxpayers are paying to liberate libya and then deduct that amount from the frozen libyan assets? that's the question. but based on what other obama administration officials have told me in recent weeks, panetta's answer probably would be a very polite no. whether using of those frozen libyan funds would be legal. the senate majority leader harry reid told me recently he would support the idea. other members of congress, democrats and republicans also told me they agree it makes sense especially at a time when the u.s. is under enormous pressure to reduce spending at hom

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the acting president tells nic robertson how saleh is doing as he gets medical treatment in saudi arabiaranslator: i saw him immediately after the incident. he had burns on his face, burns on his hands, burns on his chest and a piece of wood was sticking between his ribs. >> reporter: how long before it comes back in your estimation. >> translator: no one can tell, this is accord together doctors. >> reporter: days? >> translator: days, weeks, months. >> reporter: it could be months? >> translator: it could be months. this is a decision up to the doctors. >> and the u.s. has reportedly been asked to leave an air base in pakistan, one used to launch drone attacks against taliban and al qaeda targets, along the afghanistan border. that is according to the state-run associate press of pakistan, quoting the country's defense minister, the u.s. official tells us the comments are, quote, news to us. >>> all right. we're going around the world. zain vergee is standing by in london. it will be a big day in london. we're expecting to see big strikes. good morning, zain. >> good morning, ali. ever

. >> nic, thanks. >>> still ahead, leaders of the successful effort to allow same-sex marriage in new to new challenges, including getting president obama to change his mind on the issue. next, more of our exclusive overseas reporting. >>> more than. people, companiess to face the challenges yesterday left behind and the ones tomorrow will bring. prudential. bring your challenges. >>> it was a dramatic day in syria. political figures critical of the regime met publically in damascus with the blessing of the government. syria now has allowed cnn correspondents access to the country where hundreds died in a brutal crackdown over the course of three months of political protests. earlier today we visited a town where the government account of the violence differs dramatically from the reports of human rights groups and activists. >> reporter: he is saying when he arrived into this room, back here he found three bodies. one of them, he says, was decapitated. the others had gun shot wounds to the torso. he is saying it is seen as if they had been beaten, as well. back here there is a little

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our senior international correspondent nic robertson is in the capital of sanaa on the phone right now. what is the situation in yemen right now? it has been slowly coming apart at the seams for weeks and then the president was injured. what's happened since? >> since the president left the country to saudi arabia to get treatment there's been a sort of uneasy calm over the capital san sanaa. there are two protests going on here. there's the anti-government protests, by far the largest protest and a small pro-government protest today. people are marching, this anti-government protesters, descended on a square. it is very peaceful. it's a small city, very much like people in ta fir square in cairo. they call it king square here. today security is up, it's high, it's been heightened in the capital because of the anti-government supporters are going on the march. what else is happening here, the price of gas is going up. there are massive fuel lines at the gas stations. people park there cars there for days because there's a shortage for gas. hospitals are being forced to close, they say,

we have kind of a nic >>> david lee roth said it best, i'm hot for teacher.>> that's okay. >> you're excused. >> one of the best popular leading ladies in all of hollywood and one of our favorite actresses. she's a great sport. we're talking about cameron. cameron diaz is here. it's called "bad teacher," opening on friday. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome cameron diaz here. [ cheers and applause ] >> i got a chance to watch it last night. it is funny. >> funny, right? >> it really is. we were kind of bad. we behaved very badly in it. >> your character, you're really -- you brought it. >> thank you. it was a lot of fun to play a character that you don't have to -- that makes no apology for her behavior and doesn't even redeem herself. it doesn't happen very often in hollywood. >> you play a teacher and you have a dream. and that dream is to marry a rich guy so you don't have to teach anymore. >> exactly. i don't teach in the first place, i kind of go there to nap. so, i'm always, either coming in from being out or going out after i'm done with work. she to

cnn's nic robertson tells us more about ayman al zawahiri. >> reporter: al qaeda released its statementn several islamic web sites saying the general commander had met and zawahiri is officially taken over for osama bin laden and no surprise. he has been the number two in the organization since it was first formed. for him, it will have been a natural step he should move on to leadership and perhaps surprisingly taken so long an indication of perhaps of division within al qaeda that perhaps some people didn't want him to take on the leadership. he is seen as somebody divisive in the past. either people people like him or dislike him. he has been seen as the ideal as bin laden seen as the person with the charisma to draw people in so interesting to see the dynamic of al qaeda shift perhaps as a more divisive as not a charismatic person takes over. >> what exactly does this change in command mean to the impact of what al qaeda will have now on the region? cnn's zain verjee is joining us live from london. a lot of us wondering how it will impact the region and, therefore, how will it impac

nic, i want to begin with you and play this a piece from this confirmation hearing to confirm that brianext ambassador. i will talk to you on the other side. >> what we are trying to give to the afghan people and have worked at for ten years and given them in blood, sweat, and tears, you really wonder whether they want what we're trying to give them. and if they don't want, what we're trying to give them is not going to work. >> that was part of the questioning of ryan crocker and some of the fundamental questions whether afghans are on board going forward and as best as you can surmise, have they written the mission off? >> i think ryan crocker said it himself, really, it's what we tried to give him and there's been a vision i think that nato put on the plate in front of the afghan people here for ten years, of a much improved society, and a perfectly functional western culture. that's never happened because of the corruption, the violence of the insurgency getting in the way between the achieving on the ground which, to be honest, is pretty slim so far and that's what is reported out s