how fearful are the rebels, the civilian population, in northern syria where you are. >> reporter: asrful as one could possibly manage them to be. this is a population that has no way to protect itself from bullets and bombs. one rebel commander we were talking to has no doubt in his mind that he would, in fact, use this type of weapon ri. he said if you look at the history of this uprising, the asad regime moved onto rockets and then onto air strikes. the next step, as this rebel force is really strengthening its strangle hold on this syrian government is going to be to employ chemical weapons to deliver that final and deadly blow. >> in northern syria for us on the scene, aura, be careful. thanks so much. here in washington, a massive show of force on capital hill. up next, the message some senior citizens are sending lawmakers looming the fiscal cliff. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day pain relief. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. bp has paid overthe people of bp twenty-t

sector of the battery at my cells are very likely to create a de facto no fly zone and the northern territory of syria consulate daves the military presence of the rebels and perhaps install the the new government that is western backed in. the northern part of syria it's very very unlikely that these factory or mass ours are to defend against the syrian intervention why would syria and to interfere on a cell in turkey can i say there's a lot of ifs here is that a wise as well why would the west need to step in intervening in syria is there a broader regional agenda. well i mean this is a very interesting question and that takes you back to the to the did this start of the syrian crisis and why the west chose that they take such an approach the syrian crisis and in my understanding i see two sides to this lorrie of how the west first it's syria's their geopolitical alliance with iran and hezbollah and their perhaps with the with russia so it's a it's there it's not it's not a western friendly country in its current format and probably the west realized that even with negotiations and smooth negotiatio

it's in northern syria.there's the periphery, so the periphery, we call it countryside, that is making up their province. all of the periphery has been liberated. 70 percent of the city, control over 70 percent of the city slipped away. so i used to go as a kid with my father on business trips. and this the hustle and bustle of the city and no was used to. the first thing that i could think, was hosted by the transitional council, that is a group of civilians coming beginner to do with they can to fill this void by the contracting state. the first thing we did was take it to our city. most of the shops and stores were closed down except offered some that were providing basic services. i wanted to find out how that local council was actually trying to function as a transitional body or a transitional government structure to help the city transition into. to be honest with you, and by the way, i'm using this as a case in point. this is happening all across the liberated region. said to be honest, i thought i w

what we are hearing reports of this reported massacre that has taken place in the northern part of syria from what we're hearing at least eight children have been killed over that number could be as high as twenty with some forty people being murdered in total the videos and pictures of her witnessing has been posted to you tube but of course it's almost impossible to verify the authenticity the claims are being made by the syrian observatory for human rights the organization known as the age and again it needs to be said that it has given misinformation in the past back in may when there was the houla massacre it came was that some one hundred people had been killed but later a lot of the massacre look courts around that were found to have been false the russian foreign ministry has warned against this kind of disinformation and this made the point that this organization is spreading information that cannot be absolutely trusted according to the foreign ministry there are only two people who work in this organization and as a result their credibility is questionable the russian foreign

. >> arwa's joining us from northern syria right now on the phone. the sense these rebels have, that they see some light at the end of the tunnel? >> reporter: all of the rebel fighters at some point in time, they are going to win this battle quite simply because they say they have come so far on their own. they feel as if the international community has completely abandoned them. they say despite that, they have managed to make all of these significant gains. they have not yet lost the fight. in fact, they are gaining territory by the day, by the week. there are areas of northern syria, where two months ago, they were under the grass of outside forces. right now, there are signs of life returning. civilians are there. there are no signs -- >> you've told me over these past few days, arwa, that the longer this drags on and on and on and this bloody civil war continues, the more you're seeing some evidence that extremist elements, if you will, jihadists, those sympathizing with al qaeda may exploit the civil war and take advantage of it. what's going

positions on the outskirts of the capital and government pilots have carried out more air raids in northern syria. brahimi has presented a peace plan that calls for a transitional government and then general elections. opposition leaders added that assad resigned before they agreed to any talks. >>> the leaders of egypt's central bank warned that foreign reserved hit a critically low level. they say they'll limit withdrawals of other currencies. egyptians count on tourism for billions of dollars in revenue. tourists have stayed away since the government of former president hosni mubarak collapsed. foreign reserves in november stood at $15 billion. that's less than half the amount the bank held when the uprising began. bank officials say they barely have enough money to import food, fuel, and other commodities. for three months, so they'll limit withdrawals by companies to no more than $30,000 a day. >>> members of president muhammad morsi's government are limiting the monetary fund. they hope to impose loans of $5 million, but first they want them to lower their deficits. they are considering aus

i want to ask you, given your experience and what you have witnessed in northern syria, what is it that we are missing from this area? >> this is a narrative about citizens of syria and how they are coming together, trying to take a step towards governing themselves. this narrative of this emergence of a society -- that is missing. it would be helpful to remind our friends in the audience what we are talking about today is a country that was experiencing a crisis of huge proportions. according to the u.n., many destroyed in syria. many homes in syria are just gone. there are activists that i work with the talk about these elements in northern syria. [inaudible] throughout the country, gives us the access to compromise. syrians are coming together, trying to fill the vacuum or gap rather than being created by a contracting element. i thought that was very interesting because syrians don't have experience. governments govern themselves, they have govern themselves and the 1960s to be highly centralized. the state is maintaining control of everything in syria, in that aspect, -- we want to

well news now and shelling in northern syria has reportedly killed around twenty people eight. children. the defection of the country's military police chief to the rebels on monday the u.n. arab league envoy said the situation in syria remains wiring after talks with president assad. there's been an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in nigeria's largest city resulting fire destroyed neighboring buildings and ghosts from michel blast should you have heard from several kilometers away there are no immediate reports of fatalities at least thirty people have been treated for injuries. a suicide attack and try to blow up a u.s. military outpost in afghanistan has killed at least three people left seven more injured guards opened fire on a minibus packed with bombs and of a quick splitting reaching the entrance to the camp compound but alabama says it was targeting local police working for the americans there forty one people including a six u.s. troops have died of anthrax this year volatile city near the pakistan border. and iran is preparing to conduct a week of naval gas fields

it's estimated more than half a dozen scuds were fired in northern syria. meanwhile rebel troops continue to advance on the capital damascus. >>> oregon police have identified a gunman who shot up a portland area malibu don't have a motive. they say jacob roberts apparently had no specific attack when he began tuesday afternoon. >> reporter: 10,000 people were in the mall when the shooting began. the rush of christmas shopping became a rush to survive. bob schwab was walking nearby. >> reporter: what did you hear? >> i heard bang, bang, bang, bang. >> reporter: steven for sight who ran a business died at the food court. 15-year-old christina was seriously wounded. >> what she had to do to get out of the situation, it's clear to me she's a very brave young woman. >> reporter: the gunman knew none of his victims. >> i think we all need to be very thankful that this incident wasn't much worse. >> reporter: clackamas county sheriff craig roberts said the gunman was armed with an ar-15 semi-automatic rifle like this and carried several magazines of ammunition. >

joining us now from northern syria, our own arwa damon.rned the syrian military is actually mixing up various recipes for poison gas. what are the rebels, the civilians there on the ground in northern syria where you are telling you about this? >> reporter: this is a civilian population that's not been able to defend itself against bullets and bombs. so when it comes to chemical warfare, they have no defense system whatsoever. some of the rebels and the activists do in fact believe that the stronger the strangle hold gross on regime forces, the greater the likelihood it is that the government is going to employ these chemical weapons. in fact, not far from aleppo is one of the main suspected places, a weapons manufacturing facility that fighters are telling us is one of the areas that the regime is focusing on defending and is one of the areas where there are great suspicions and some intel saying that is perhaps one of the sites that the regime is in fact experimenting when it comes to chemical weapons. so people are terrified that that c

syrian leaders claim terrorist groups are behind the deadly shelling in northern syria opposition activists said the attack that killed twenty people with at least eight thought to be children was carried out by government forces it happened in a province that seen fighting escalate in recent months the latest now from our middle east correspondent. what we hearing at least eight children have been killed over that number could be as high as twenty the videos and pictures of the witnessing have been posted to you too but of course it's almost impossible to verify the authenticity the claims are being made by the syrian observatory for human rights the organization known as the age of the gaelic needs to be said that it has given misinformation in the past back in may when there was the houla massacre became was that some one hundred people had been killed but later a lot of the massacre looked for to round it were found to have been false the russian foreign ministry has warned against this kind of this information and this made the point that this organization is spreading information that

from iran syria and leaders claim terrorist groups to burn the deadly shelling in northern syria earlier opposition activists said the attack that killed twenty people with at least eight thought to be children carried out by government forces it happened in a province the same fighting escalated in recent months a middle east correspondent paula slayer's the latest. the mascots has announced that it is terrorist groups who are behind the deadly massacre in the northern province of raka what we do know is that at least twenty people have been killed eight of them are children now they were early reports by activists groups that it was in fact government forces who were behind this deadly shelling but that sense has been refuted one of the main groups to come to the fore is a u.k. based activist group known as the syrian observateur for human rights the pictures are currently witnessing are pictures that they are distributing on you tube they cannot be verified of the point has been made by the russian foreign ministry that this was a group that relies on some two people and so these kind

troubling you that we have seen on you tube and some other reports of of the jihadist groups in northern syria assessing some chemical materials with the name of. a turkish company on them in the background there was a music playing out of this chance. that it's very worrying they were conducting some experiments on on rabbits it's difficult to verify but if it is not the blast then this is this is very very worrying because judging by the effect of this gas it is a convulsing so it's so nerve agent. and this is a dangerous development perhaps if you look also at the fact that the united states has recently started listing the syrian armed opposition all of the armed opposition in syria as terrorist organizations that say something but probably aware of that part of the of the armed opposition in syria and probably be seen most powerful of the position broadly in the surf wrong probably aren't possession of such materials and probably are planning to use them as they threatened so i think the danger is that the west is aware of such materials in syria at the same time it's going to be used aga

activists claim a shelling in northern syria has killed twenty people least eight of them said to be true in the province where the allege attack happened has seen fighting between the rebels and troops escalating recent months the u.n. arab league envoy who's been in syria trying to resolve the conflict is to hold talks in moscow this weekend a middle east correspondent his latest. hearing at least eight children have been killed over that number could be as high as twenty the videos and pictures that you're witnessing have been posted to you too but of course it's almost impossible to verify the authenticity the claims are being made by the syrian observatory for human rights the organization known as the age in the gaelic needs to be said that it has given misinformation in the past back in may when there was the houla massacre it came was that some one hundred people had been killed but later a lot of the massacre looked water around it were found to have been false the russian foreign ministry has warned against this kind of this information and has made the point that this orga

officials say more than half dozen scud missiles were fired into northern syria and areas held about it rebels have suffered severe damage recently. there's no evidence that the missiles contain chemical weapons, though. meanwhile, the president of ecuador denied yesterday that syrian leader assad has requested asylum there. >>> john mcafee is back on u.s. soil after being deported from guatemala on immigration violations. the anti-virus millionaire is miami. they are not involves in the belize investigation into the death of mcafee's neighbor. asked if he was concerned about extradition, mcafee responded. >> i'm not worried at all. if i'm in front of a court, there is nothing in the world they will do to send me back. they have no evidence. they're obviously trumped up charges. this is the only attempt they charged me. >> mcafee is currently free in the u.s. he remains a person of interest and the belize police would still like to talk to them. >>> there are new details this morning about cause of death of the london nurse who was caught up in that radio station's prank phone call w

running operations to smuggle weapons through southern turkey and to northern syria to the muslim brothers and the syrian free army saw a spot as that goes we have official announcements that the rebels are being held with televisions and formation especially of via satellite images and john kerry because just quickly also we heard in the report just before we came to you that intervention would lead to another iraq would you agree with that sentiment just briefly. absolutely i think that what the fun of libya another iraq but on a larger or regional scale political or stuck to it would have a louche thank you very much indeed for your thoughts thanks for joining us thank you thank you. for more news after this short break this is all t. live here in moscow stay with us. a forty nine year old southern california man was thrown in president charles with possessing materials to make an explosive device all because of his rather unusual wristwatch despite the bomb squad saying that his watch was not a weapon he read it custody for twenty four hours and was charged with the crime anyway so a s

there's also word tonight rebels captured a military base in northern syria.eapons they hope will help them repel further attacks like government forces like they saw today. dangerous situation for people in chile tonight the town ordered a volcano is active. it started spewing ash and gas yesterday. seismic activity through out the region we are told. they are not ordering any evacuations but geologists are watching for possible signs of mud flow. another volcano in southern chili erupted last year forcing thousands of people to leave their homes and cancellation of hundreds of flights. >>> 400 shops destroyed in a massive fire. it is our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. >>> afghanistan, that fire raging through a fabric market in kabul burning hundreds of shops and causing several million dollars in damage. no one hurt. one shop keeper says he thinks an electrical problem sparked it. >>> greece, thousands of people turning out in athens to donate food, clothing and toys to families in need. the initiative called i care i share. it was organ

the patriots could be easily programmed and put in a no-fly zone over northern syria. so far turkey is denying that as is nato saying this is purely defensive move by turkey but if there were to be a no-fly zone in the coming months it would be a game-changer because the rebels control much of northern syria. the president assad is using his air force and the first real step to provide sis -- assistance to rebels to overcome president assad's regime would be a no-fly zone. we have to read behind the headlines to see what else the patriot missiles could mean for the larger conflict. alisyn: that is good context. what is russia saying now about the assad regime? >> reporter: yesterday they came out and said, all right, we think there is a possibility president assad would fall. this is one of those things speaking to truth as this russian diplomat did may not exactly jive with the party line. inside baseball here as russia came out today and forcefully gotten behind president assad said, no, no, our diplomat was misquoted. he was saying what the opposition was saying. a

up the infrared signature of the missiles when they were launched from the damascus area into northern syria. >>> computer software developer john mcafee is back in miami tonight. a post on his blog says he's in a south beach hotel after weeks on the run. mcafee fled belize where authorities want to question him about his neighbor's death. he ended up in immigration detention in guatemala. his lawyer say that police let him return to the u.s. mcafee says he has nothing to do with the death. >>> and kim maria of birmingham, alabama turned 12 today on 12/12/12 at 12:12 p.m. he had a special way of honoring the moment. >> today at 12:12 p.m., what are you going to do? >> i'm going to yell out "holla" as loud as i can. >> you're allowed. it's your birthday. >> are you going to be in class when you yell out holla? >> yes. >>> and in tonight's connection, it used to be when it came to bike and motorcycle helmets, the only smart part was the head underneath it. not anymore. at www.indygogo.com meet the crash sensor. it attaches to your helmet and pairs with your smartphone. get in a serious wreck a

syria launched four short range scud missiles from the region around damascus into northern syria, presumablye regime. >>> testimony today at a coroner's inquest in london reveal jacintha saldanha was found hanged by the neck by a scarf at her hospital living quarters, three days after saldanha was fooled by australian deejays in attempt to reach the duchess of cambridge. investigators say saldanha left behind several suicide notes. >>> a bit of an embarrassing situation by senator robert they menendez of new jersey. they say a young man is an undocumented immigrant from peru who worked for him and he's a registered sex offender and faces deportation. spokesman says menendez did not know this intern. >>> audiotapes of dr. martin luther king jr. found in a box in a closet. the tapes were passed down by her father, a former newspaper reporter. listen to this part where he talks about accusations he caused the race riots in detroit in the summer of 1967. >> as much as i preach about non-violence, and as much as i talk about love, i don't see how anybody would ever associate me with organizing a

and word tonight rebels captured a military base in northern syria and reportedly seized weapons theyher attacks by government forces, like what they saw today. a dangerous situation for people on the border of chile and argentina, a red alert because their towns border a volcano and it started spewing ash and gas yesterday. seismic activity throughout the region and so far officials are not ordering evacuations, but they're watching for possible mud flows at this point. another volcano in southern chile erupted last year you might recall, causing many to evacuate and cancellation of 400 flights. and our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. afghanistan, that fire raging through a fabric market in kabul. burning hundreds of shops and causing several hundred million dollars worth of damage and one shop keeper saying he thinks an electrical problem sparked it. greece, thousands of people turning out in athens to donate food, clothing and toys to families in need. and nations called, i care, i share, and local stations struggling to meet basic needs. the unemployment in gree

the chief foreign correspondent for nbc news, richard engel, has escaped from kidnappers in northern syria. he and his crew said they were dragged from their car on thursday by gunman supporting the assad regime. they escaped st nht wn their captors became engaged in a firefight with rebel forces. engel spoke in turkey today, flanked by two of his crew. we're very happy to be out. we're very happy to be back in turkey. we love being here. we love this country. we appreciate all the help. the last five days are days that we would rather forget. if you can understand, we just came out now. we haven't even left yet. we're very tired. >> holman: engel said he and his colleagues were kept bound and blindfolded, and subjected to mock executions. it was unclear whether all of the crew members escaped. five people working with a u.n. polio vaccination campaign in pakistan were shot to death today, possibly as part of a taliban campaign. a sixth worker was killed a day earlier. we have a report narrated by lindsey hilsum of independent television news. >> reporter: they were trying to prevent pakis

i want to die, rather than live like this, she whispers. >> arwa damon is joining us now from northern syriawhat about these reports -- you've heard the secretary of state talking about it -- that the syrian regime may be moving around their chemical weapons. if they are, that's a red line that the u.s. will have to deal with. are the rebels where you are concerned that bashar al assad's regime could use chemical weapons against them? >> reporter: they most certainly are, wolf. first of all, they believe that this regime will do just about anything to stay in power. and the concern, as was voiced to me by one of the opposition members here, is that he is perhaps saving that ability for the moment when aleppo eventually falls. that is a card that people -- here the rebel fighters do believe the syrian government has yet to play. and it most certainly is a weapon against which they have absolutely no defenses whatsoever. and they do believe that the more choked they are able to get government forces, especially in aleppo and in other parts of the country, the more desperate the government is g

you manage to get aroundal especially oh, around northern syria. awhile ago you filed this report.for our viewers. >> reporter: it is hard to fully absorb the scale of the devastation here, how entire buildings seem to have folded down upon themselves. then one continues to see traces of the lives of the civilians that called these buildings home, like the clothing that's hanging right there, or children's books, like this one, the pages of it we picked up from the rubble. but this conflict can be surreal. just a couple of blocks away, the local barbershop is open, as are a handful of other stores. women crowd around us, eager to talk, but not be filmed. both sides have hurt us, wronged us, one says. basic supplies are available here, although prices have skyrocketed. bread, bread, we want it so badly, it's like a drug this woman tells us. if someone has breakfast, they can't afford dinner. please have mercy, they beg. on the street, we meet four boys. they ask if we think it is safe enough for them to go back home. they talk of tanks firing and seeing other children lose limbs. th

our senior international correspondent arwa damon is on the ground in northern syria. >> reporter: down is where a family has been hiding for four months p.m. the strikes were all around us. we just ran out with nothing, this 20-year-old recalls. we just ran and ran down here and the shrapnel was falling all over. since then they've dared occasionally to go back home to collect belongings. there would be bombing like that and we would come running back here. their home is just five doors away, but it's right on one of aleppo's front lines. it's been hit by artillery fire since they fled. we go home every two weeks to shower, fearful and terrorized the mother tells us. we have a weak home, it could crumble any moment. their makeshift bunker was a work shot, the intricately carved furniture still lines the walls. the last time the family ventured out was three years ago. they want to leave, anywhere but here. anywhere they can feel the sun and smell fresh air. their father refuses. >> poor but proud, he says he doesn't want to be at the mercy of others. here he can send his son to scrape

they fired the missiles from damascus into northern syria as staunch syrian ally russia suggests thatassad is losing control of his country. those are the your latest headlines. i will send it back to tracy. tracy: jamie colby, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. tracy: gold sinking today as gains in the week to fed's new stimulus or profit taking? is now the time to buy the precious metal? sandra smith with a look what your year-end move should be in today's trade. hey, sandy. >> tracy there is a bill move with the fed announcement of the bond buying program. look at this today a little profit-taking as i'm hearing explained as gold prices down 1.25%. that is a drop of $22 an ounce. important to point out gold is positive on the year. sporting a 10% gain of 2012. what to do with it as we head into 2013. we're hearing different opinions from the big banks. morgan stanley for one says buy gold as these levels. it is just below $100 an ounce. they say it will average over 1850 an ounce in 2013 over the next 12 months. they're not just bullish on gold. they're bullish on silver which

officials reported yesterday the syria army fired the missiles from damascus into northern syria.y, russia, suggests assad is losing control of the country. a north korean satellite reportedly tumbling out of control in space following a rocket launch last weekend that sent it into orbit. they are don -- condemning the launch, and the secretary saying the launch raises all sorts of concerns. those are the helines, now back to dennis. dennis: thank you. breaking news, standard and poors putting the united kingdom's aaa rating on debt, on negative outlook, the pound falling on the dollar in the wake of that. we'll keep you posted on the currency trade as the story develops. here's a good one. imagine spending thousands of dollars on a find bottle of wine and it's a fake. that's a risk on the rise in the luxury wine market. how to spot a fake. we have the executive wine editor at "food and wine" magazine. thank you for being with us. what percentage do you guess is fake? >> hard to figure out entirely because it's illegal, of course, but around 4%. that gets to be a lot of money. den

forces loyal to president bashar al assad have fired at least four short range scud missiles into northern syriadding to fears that syria could be developing chemical weapons. in an exclusive interview with erin burnett, defense secretary leon pa net ta talked about the potential threat. >> i think there's a danger here. based on the intelligence that we got a few weeks ago that they were in fact beginning to assemble these weapons and put them together, and when you do that, that's the dangerous sign that the next step is to use them. and so that's why we issued the warnings we did, made very clear there would be consequences and at least you know, at least at point, the intelligence on this issue is kind of leveled off. but my concern is this, that as the opposition continues to move against the regime, particularly as they move toward damascus, that the regime feels it's in danger of collapsing, that in might very well resort to these kinds of weapons. that's what concerns me the most. >> and panetta also spoke about afghanistan as america's longest war is expected to come to an end next year

four scud missiles that officials say were aimed at anti-government faxes in northern syria. scud missiles here. analysts say the regime they are using reckless extremes it's a sign of desperation. we will talk about that at the top of the hour, but today 28 syrians were killed according to opposition groups. nearly all died in two car bombings in the damascus superbs. >>> a warning, your bank account could come under attack from cyber criminals. this coming from the computer security firm mcafee. hackers are planning a massive attack on 30 u.s. banks and financial institutions. take a look and see if yours is on the list. this is a partial list. the attack is called project blitzkrieg that supposedly launched by two russian hackers to begin next spring. the goal is to steal millions from customer accounts. kevin, let me bring you in. you are a former hacker and you have your own business. welcome. explain this to me. project blitzkrieg. how is it supposed to work? >> it's a large scale attack. they will be using all types of technology and basically what we call bot nets to

netherlands deploying patriot missiles manned by through hundred american troops in turkey next to syria's northern border officially tasked with defense against possible cross border aggression they missiles range will extend deep into syria have a tree. why it is so eager to contain its former friend. he may have treated his command bridge for an apartment in istanbul but retired admiral turner curry turk still keeps tabs on his country's foreign policy and he doesn't like what he sees like many turkish patriots the admiral believes his country is second fighting common sense and domestic concerns from western interests. turkey is looking at the middle east through america's eyes not for a purely turkish perspective for example with syria turkey claims it wants to see democracy in syria but look who it's working with saudi arabia qatar and their democratic credit is one thing forget the zero problems with neighbor's rule which in chorale has prided itself on for many decades critics now see turkey as dancing to one nation's. people but that does not suffice. because. in truth. people internalize

this is not the first base in northern syria to come under siege.ea, the free syrian army is gaining the upper hand in a grim war of attrition. arwa damon, cnn, aleppo province. >> excellent reporting from our arwa damon. we have additional information to add to her reporting. this just in to cnn. nato foreign ministers have approved something really critical to turkey at this point. turkey has been requesting patriot missile installation as long its border, because syria to the south had been shelling them. and agitating along the border. this is now going to go ahead, they'll get installations. turkish government had been asking for nato's help because the shelling has killed people inside turkey and there has been a risk of escalation. there you very it. nato has said yes. expect in the days to come installations will be put into place along the border there. >>> still in the region, iran has said it's captured one of our drones, i united states drone. here's the weird part. u.s. navy says we're not missing one. whose is it? a look at what irania

believe were used by the syrian regime and came very close to the turkish side of the border in northern syria. >> how significance is that? these are much more dangerous and sophisticated weapons. what does this mean for people on the ground? the people in that piece trying to stay aalive he? >> they're lethal and not necessarily unsophisticated. they're unmanned missiles and insed naer type of bombs that cause death and carnage that's worrisome to a country like turkey if the regime is so desperate it uses these type of scud missiles and some of them inevitably, because they're not as precise as those who launch them would like them to be, end up landing in turkey. our viewers have recommended that the turkey requested the patriot missile defense from nato and nare getting it. >> does assad have allies anymore. russian officials say you might lose power here. that seems fairly significant. >> this is extremely significant. the russian deputy foreign minister essentially said we must face the facts. this is the first time we heard this from russia. the possibility exists that the government m