our nick paton walsh. >> reporter: dawn in aleppo brings the clatter of gun fire above.ple hunted by the regime's helicopter gunships. and as dusk nears, it is to the roar of bomber jets. it is that sound that terrifies ordinary residents of aleppo daily. jets coming low overhead and never knowing until you hear the blast exactly what the target is. there seems to be no pattern to the attacks, unless they are designed to sew fear into the lives of the the civilians. a helicopters that we heard earlier may have fired the rockets that hit this house. it is farmers and neighbors here frankly coordinating the rescue. pans and shovels inside of a building that could still collapse on to them. they say that the air strike came in four hours ago, but they are racing frankly to pull nine people still stuck under that rebel including a father and child. throughout, also, the fear that the helicopter could strike again. they find the first body. the little girl is lifeless. the blanket providing little dignity. near her, moments later, they find her father's body. i swear to god w

nick paton walsh, cnn, aleppo. >> horrible, horrible situation. programming note, for our north american viewers, coming up shortly, you can watch nick's amazing reporting in the special half-hour program entitled "crisis in syria: inside aleppo." it airs 7:30 p.m. right here on cnn. >>> there is a gender gap in the presidential race. we're going to hear from some moms about what it will take to win the women's vote. >>> plus, the democrats' youngest star. why this 3-year-old stole the show at the democratic convention. people are driving this change. that's the power of human resources. the society... for human resource management and its members know... how to harness that power, because we help develop it. from the next economy, to the next generation, we help get... the most out of business, by getting the best out of people. shrm. leading people, leading organizations. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and com

nick paton walsh, cnn, aleppo. >> and please be sure to tune in tomorrow when nick paton walsh reportsom aleppo on how random government shelling of civilian areas appears to only be showing on cnn. >>> if you didn't already hear the democrats are kicking off their convention in charlotte today with a rising star from san antonio. it's that city's mayor, and his name, get ready, julian castro. remember that name. he is making history. he's going to be the first latino to give the party's keynote speech. cnn's ed lavendera is going to introduce him to you. >> hey, everybody, i'm julian castro. >> reporter: first thing you need to know, it's pronounced julian castro. the j. is silent, not julian. if you get the spanish wrong, don't worry, san antonio's mayor never mastered espanol. >> i grew up in the household with my mother and grandmother mostly speaking english. i understand it. speaking it back a always the challenge. >> reporter: julian castro's grandmother immigrated to san antonio from mexico and worked as a community activist in snan anton antonio's chicano movements. julian cas

nick paton walsh, cnn, aleppo. >> and that is about as close to the front lines as you are likely ever our thanks to the bravery of nick and his crew in the besieged syrian city of aleppo. an important reminder for you as you watch that kind of skirmishing and fighting, in the end, we have 20,000 people dead, 20,000 killed since the syrian civil war broke out 18 months ago. >>> i want to bring you some breaking news about a very strange situation that developed in philadelphia, a flight that was on its way to dallas had to actually come back to philadelphia because there was a facebook post suggesting one of the passengers on that airbus 319 had explosives. so off he came. they clearly were concerned about this. they questioned him. he had no clue what this was about. and then on further investigation by the fbi, it was discovered that his friends and with friends like these, who needs enemies? had played a trick on him. they had posted that stupid message as a hoax. this is not cool. i think we all know you don't joke about explosives anywhere near or about aircraft that fly with pass

. >> nick paton walsh. thank you so much. from beirut. >>> libyan and u.s. officials are gathering right now in the libyan capital of tripoli to honor the four americans killed in an attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. they will be holding a memorial service momentarily for u.s. ambassador chris stevens, former navy seals glen dougherty and tyrone woods, and information officer sean smith. officials believe the four men were killed by radical islamic insurgents who used a protest over an anti-muslim film as a diversion to attack the consulate. ala gorani has more on the kinds of concerns that ambassador stevens apparently had about his personal security or the security of his fellow comrades there. >> right, and of american interests in eastern libya and other parts of libya as well. you know, all the way back in june of this year a senior libyan official was already telling cnn that u.s. drones were flying over suspected jihady camps, that this was already a cause for concern. according to the libyan official, and this is something, again, that was sa

all week long on this show, cnn's nick paton walsh, has been taking us so close to the fighting thereost smell the fear and anger on the streets. look at this woman, like this extraordinary footage from just a couple days ago. >> reporter: a truck races through traffic. we follow them because wave seen man limp inside, carrying a limp little girl in his arms but perhaps because our car is new, he now rushes towards us for help. ena is 4. >> quick, quick! >> 4-year-old rena would later die. she was just one of the children caught in this battle nick showed us and there was also this moment. >> reporter: they find the first body. the little girl is lifeless. the blanket providing little dignit dignity. >> a lifeless little girl right there. take a look at this, because nick's camera also caught this tiny survivor. it provided a rare moment in this reporting really all week long where we could finally collectively exhale. i want to bring in nick. he is live for us, once again, from turkey. you have spent so much time in syria. these are just a couple examples you've been able to document

nick paton walsh, cnn. >>> and you're in "the situation room."e glow from the democratic convention gives way to a bit of gloom. disappointing jobs numbers shadow president obama as he hits the campaign trail. and mitt romney is quick to take advantage. romney may have a new headache of his own. an anonymous group claims to have hacked into his tax returns. it's demanding a ransom. so is it a heist, or is it all a hoax? and her fiery arm waving speech got the crowd going at the democratic convention. now it's going viral. if you missed jennifer granholm, we're going to give you another chance. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> didn't take president obama long to get back on the campaign trail. hours after leaving the fired up convention crowd in charlotte, he began a campaign swing in new hampshire. but president obama's bringing some extra baggage with him, gloomy new job numbers that show the labor market slowing down sharply. the economy adding just 9

nick paton walsh, cnn. >>> and you're in "the situation room." democrat cvention giv way to a bit of gloom. disappointing jobs numbers shadow preside obama as he hits the campaign trail. and mitt romney is quick to tak adnt romney mayave a w headache of his own. have hacked in his tax returns. it's demanding a om is it heist, or is it all a hoax? and her fiery armoq waving spee got the crowd goin the mocratic convention now it's going viral. if you missed jennifer granholm, we're going to give you another chance. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> didn't take president obama long to get back on the campaign trail. hoafeavi the fired up convention cwd in charlotte, he began a campaign swing in new but president obams bringing some extr baggage with him, ew job numbers that show the labor marke swing down sharply. thec adding just 96,0 jobs in augu. down from revised 4000 in from 8.3% to 8., but that's because ndreds of thousands of americans stopped looki