rula. >> trying to cast their vote, i'm here outside the syrian embassy.e of them have been here since 6:00 in the morning. some of them have said they will wilvote for bashar al-assad, evn after three years of very fierce battle. thousands coming from, syrian security, doesn't want us to film so what one was saying leer, the opposition is part elections, not fair and not recognize them. they are organized by the same president they are trying to overthrow. if you speak to the people here many of them have left their homes two years ago. have been living life refugees, around if they don't vote they feel their families still in syria will be punished. if they choose to return they may not be able to do so if they do not show up at the embassy and vote. many feel president bashar al-assad is not going anywhere soon and they have to deal with this reality and so that's why they are here. we saw pregnant women in the ninth month due to deliver any time, standing up to vote. they wanted to be registered in the embassy, that they did show up. >> rula, we are go

. >>> russia'russia's defiant rula stern message to the leader of the free world. vladimir putin's words to president obama were not only pointed, they were an unmistakable sign. mike viqueria has more from the white house. >> there are two critical events coming up and vladimir putin's comments to the international conference in st. petersburg has to be confrontational words for president obama who had accused peupt of not telling -- putin ever not telling the truth. when he was not fomenting rebellion in eastern ukraine. that got the attention of a lot of people but perhaps more significant in putin's comments today, very conciliatory comments, towards may 25th elections, that's the first critical moment coming up on sunday in ukraine. the west has laid down its marker. if putin were to underline those elections then broader sanctions could put into place. putin says he will, quote, respect those elections. decide whether or not to move forward with the broad sanctions they've been threatening for two months now. so putin very conciliatory comments, already said

we're back with elan and rula.ur members of the use gaupda parliament oppose this law. do the people have any chance of fighting back against this? >> i think if we help them. we have -- gay lyghts rights are human rights, and we should be clear about this. gay rights, women rights are human rights. imf, united nations, our ambassador and diplomats around the world need to talk to ugandan president and tell him, listen, we will never accept that you treat your minorities like this. you know, jail them, imprison them, kill them, torture them. what kind of behavior is that in the 21st century era? >> eli, is this something the international community can help with, or does change need to come from within uganda? >> i think in some ways it appears at least -- what an extraordinary piece of journalism that was -- that you are seeing a reaction to the great strides that have been made in countries like ours on the issue of gay rights. it's really -- you think about it -- extraordinary that in the course of 20 or 30 year

and rula is right, they are causing harm to our image. mistake that happens, every civilian killed, is something that people pay attention to across the world. and moreover, these people living in these countries, you know, every innocent yemeni farmer has this constant din of a lawn mower hanging over their heads, not knowing if it's their compound that's mistakenly going to be taken for an al qaeda facility. >> it will be interesting to see if this hits home in terms of politics. >>> new technologies, in different ways, maybe more productive. social media is having a big impact right now in thailand, where a lot of people have begun taking selfies as the military goes about imposing martial law. pretty dramatic incongruous people there. in front of soldiers, in front of jeeps. do these selfies help promote the army's contention that this is not actually a coup? >> i don't think so. i mean, if you read thomas friedman's piece this morning where he talks about no prif sieve at all, any person with a cell phone can become a reporter. anyth