jeremy ben-ami, noah pollack, thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: and on our web site, we will have more on the jewish vote and romney's international journey in tomorrow's morning line. >> ifill: now to syria, with two reports from inside aleppo, as the nation's largest city endures its tenth day of fierce battle between government troops and rebels. the fighting there has centered in the southwestern neighborhood salheddine. the united nations reports that two hundred thousand of the city's 2.5 million residents have already fled. we begin with john ray of independent television news. reporter: the battle for these streets could yet decide fate of all syria. so rebels fight hard to obtain a foothold at the heart of the city. while state tv shows assad's soldiers hunting them down. if it looks slightly staged, we've witnessed the awesome reality of the regime's fire power. on the outskirts of aleppo we come under a barrage of rocket attacks. it will last several hours. ate at dawn, thick smoke fills the air. and terrified, the few remaining residents are packing up to leave, joinin