sara seidner, cnn, cambodia. >>> now to syria. international peace envoy kofi annan arrived in the capital of damascus today for a meeting with president assad. broken buildings and deserted streets bear witness to the continued violence there. activists say 43 people have been killed today. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says time is running out for the assad regime. >> the days are numbered. >> meanwhile, the syrian military says it is conducting live exercises and launching missiles to stay prepared for pan attack from the sea. >>> back here on u.s. soil, attorney general eric holder says he will do everything in his power to protect the voting rights of americans. speaking at a conference on latino civil rights, holder vowed to fight controversial state laws that require voters to prevent -- present, rather, personal identification before voting. >> each of the jurisdictions where proposed changes can be shown to have no discriminatory purpose or effect follows the law. we are jurisdictions did cannot meet this thresh

let's bring in right now cnn's sara seidner in jerusalem where romney just delivered that speech. sara, set the stage for us there. >> reporter: well, he was standing with the old city behind him, a very beautiful picture and one that very much talks of the region that he is in. but he had some very, very strong words about iran. this is really the first major foreign policy speech that we're hearing from mitt romney. he chose israel as the place where he would give that speech. you can hear there the applause, the israelis in the audience really liked what he said. he talked of iran, he talked of the fact that he believes that the united states has to lead the effort in preventing iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. iran has denied it is trying to obtain nuclear weapons, saying that its nuclear program is only aimed at trying to build its electricity supply. but that is not something that tehran or israel believes. >> we should employ any and all measures to dissuade the iranian regime from its nuclear course and it is our fervent hope that diplomatic and economic measures will d

>> sara seidner live for us in jerusalem, thank you, sara. >>> reaction to romney's remarks came swiftly from the obama campaign. tim roemer, the foreign policy advisor to the president's campaign, spoke with cnn's candy crowley. >> the threshold for governor romney, quite frankly, candy, is this -- is is he equipped, is he prepared to be a commander in chief. and when he gets off on the first leg of this trip and he goes to great britain and he insults the british people and david cameron, the prime minister and the mayor of london both rebuke him, the question becomes this -- if he can't engage our allies on a simple topic like the international olympics, how is he going to be tough enough to stand up to our gravest enemies like iran? >> that obama advisor speaking earlier today with cnn's candy crowley. >>> you can hear mitt romney's full speech in jerusalem during our 5:00 p.m. eastern hour on cnn. >>> now to syria where rebels and government forces are still fighting to gain control of aleppo, the country's commercial center. at least ten people were killed in aleppo, a total of 88

sara seidner will tell us what she is seeing in one of the hardest hit areas. that's at 2:30 p.m. eastern time right here in the "cnn newsroom." >>> right now, "the next list" with sanjay gupta starts. >>> the hope with little bits is to get people to understand technology at a very simple level and really start to take part in this revolution. >> reporter: she has invented the next generation of the lego. called little bits. they're small, colorful, electric components that snap together to build just about anything. >> each little bit is pre-assembled, pre-engineered electronic module that has one specific function. it is to enable kids and adults even to play with lights, sounds and sensors without having any experience whatsoever and without any background in engineering. i am an engineer and i'm the founder of little bits. >> reporter: aya believes everyone is an innovator. as she tells cnn's poppy harlow, little bits are break down the boundaries of technology to empe empower young and old alike, to simply create. i'm sanjay gupta. this is "the next list." >>> this is my fir

sara seidner will tell us what she is seeing in one of the hardest hit areas. that's at 2:30 p.m."cnn newsroom." >>> right now, "the next list" with sanjay gupta starts. >>> the hope with little bits is to get people to understand technology at a very simple level and really start to take part in this revolution. >> reporter: she has invented the next generation of the lego. called little bits. they're small, colorful, electric components that snap together to build just about anything. >> each little bit is pre-assembled, pre-engineered electronic module that has one specific function. it is to enable kids and adults even to play with lights, sounds and sensors without having any experience whatsoever and without any background in engineering. i am an engineer and i'm the founder of little bits. >> reporter: aya believes everyone is an innovator. as she tells cnn's poppy harlow, little bits are break down the boundaries of technology to empe empower young and old alike, to simply create. i'm sanjay gupta. this is "the next list." >>> this is my first time with little bits. how wo