. >> barbarity, severed tree, and cruelty cannot win -- savagery, and cruelty cannot win. >> in the last week in the same area, there were two similar shootings, also with a -- some possibly with a motorbike in the same caliber weapon. in one of these shootings, the gunmen approached two of the soldiers while they were using an atm, shot them at close range, and sped away. authorities are not as saying this is the same shooter, but they are launching an anti- terror and the station and a tightening security the bank to which schools while the shooter is still on the loose -- tightening security around and jewish schools while the shooter is still on the loose. >> we will continue to follow this story and bring you the latest tonight on 11 news at 5:00. with the identity of the afghan shooting suspect released, old friends of the staff sergeant robert bales say they are shocked by the accusations. he is accused of going on a shooting rampage that killed 16 afghan civilians, mostly women and children. those who grew up with bales say they cannot imagine him hurting anyone. >> before he was

the seminal role was a backdrop for western.s, savagery of peop of color, the dead dark skinned mother, mixed race child who belongs to neither race, inability of marrying a woman of color and fathering her child, the future that could belong only to the white couple, these transcended the genre. six years later another seminole war movie and. in naked in the sun, a slave trader sets off hostilities by capturing the wife of osceola and holding her in bondage. this interpretation was the cause of the second civil war. this interpretation of the cause of the second seminole war dated back to 1839 when the american anti-slavery almanac made such an argument. filmed in florida with a white cast, the film dealt explicitly with race, and its characterization of white southerners was not flattering. declining to romanticize slavery, naked in the sun depicted indians and africans as victims of a brutal and immoral system. these factors probably explained why it did not enjoy the box office success of distant drums. white southerners addressed the region's native history only if they had firm c

they are confronting a regime whose disregard for human dignity and capacity for sheer savagery is limitless. for an entire year the syrian people have faced death and those unspeakable things worst than death and they still have not given up. still they take to the streets to protest peacefully for justice. still they carry on their fight and they do so on behalf of many of the same universal values we share and many of the same interests as well. these people are our allies. they want many of the same things we do. they have expanded the boundaries of what everyone thought was possible in syria. they have earned our respect and now they need our support to finish what they started. the syrian people deserve to succeed and shame on us if we fail to help them. mr. president i yield the the floor. >>> senate armed service committee ranking member john mccain made the remarks earlier this week. we're live from the dirksen senate office building on capitol hill we'll hear more on the situation in syria. the same committee is taking testimony from defense secretary leon panetta and chair of the

officials fear still might come as the savagery of the killing spree sinks in. it was a bloodbath. 16 dead, 11 of them from the family of this man, abdul samad. his wife and eight children, ages 2 to 12 methodically killed as the american chased them from room to room, shooting them and stabbing them and then trying to burn their bodies. the family had recently returned to this rural area, the government telling farmers it was safe. instead, they were killed in their beds. they were lined up, swaddled in bed sheets. a tiny corpse in the back of a truck. all the bodies were brought together and burnt, says a relative. i'm asking these elders, karzai, the ministers that the culprit be handed over to afghanistan and put on trial. after the shooting, villagers gathered outside the u.s. base lingering, searching for answers. some afghans thought having u.s. troops nearby would make them safer. in kabul, afghans we spoke to didn't appear to blame all americans. but the killer should be executed. that is the punishment, said this man. and that could happen. the united

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nikolas sarkozy describes it as barbary, savagery, and cruelty that cannot win. hate cannot win, he says. >> family and friends gathered to recognize a major killed in afghanistan during an attack on the afghan ministry. >> at the funeral home in park fell, a group who did not know the majors to across the street to pay respects to the fallen soldier. >> i did not know him. >> but i would just like to show my respect. he served our country. he died for us. just respect. >> somebody is fighting for your country, you should honor that person. >> the major was killed in afghanistan shortly after the incident of burning the korans. the taliban claimed responsibility. he joined the national guard in 1986 and worked out of the fifth regiment armory. a military honor guard carried the majors body to a waiting hearse. then, with a police motorcycle escort, the major was carried to trinity assembly of god church where a private service was held. before the service, the majors son and daughter talked to us about their dad. >> my father, he was the best man i've ever met in

the age old struggle from savagery toward decency and right and justice. >> it's not often that presidents talk this deep. talk about the united states not wanting if drive the huge race back into the stone ages or the desire of our country to gnat be recorded as one of the great destroyers. that was what he said out loud in it was amazing and it was awful. it was awful because what he announced in that speech was a plan to make nukes, not just the thing to end the world but a positive thing too. we went from being a country that kept nuclear so information so secret that as vice preponderate harry truman didn't know we had the bomb until f.d.r. died. he had to become president before anybody told him we had the bomb. we wanted to be the only one in the world with nuclear weapons but nuclear power under eisenhower we went fwr that possessive keep the genie in the bottle in the company to a country that exported nuclear technology all over the woorld. that's what atoms for peace was about. it was all supposed to be for peaceful purposes for energy. that peaceful scientific nuclear technolog

. >> this is savagery. cruelty. and it will never triumph. >> reporter: investigators say one of the guns used in the school shooting is the same weapon used in the earlier killings. as a precaution, jewish organizations across the country are increasing security. i'm elizabeth coradon reporting. >> reporter: some jewish organizations are taking precautions. amanda knox is free. but her parents could face prison time. kai is live in the newsroom with more on the charges they are facing in italy. >> reporter: knox's parents are charged with slander for telling a british newspaper their daughter was physically abused during interrogation. last year, an appeals court overturned their convictions. the trial for knox's parents is set to start march 30th in perugia. a man is interrogated by police should have been recorded but it was not. so proving amanda knox was abused may be difficult. >> curt knox and eta millis face three years in prison if convicted. >>> it has been five months since a woman was injured by a shoppi

president sarkozy is describing it as barberry and savagery and hate cannot win he says. back to you. >>> the soldier accused of killing 16 people in afghanistan is meeting with his attorney for the first time today. staff sergeant robert bales is in solitary confinement at for the leavenworth, kansas. he is awaiting formal charges for the murders of 16 civilians during a night time rampage last sunday. those charges could be filed sometime this week. bales' attorney has discussed a defense centered on post traumatic stress disorder. bales was on his fourth deployment and also dealing with financial difficulties at home. >>> trains on metro's red line are back on time following a deadly incident on the tracks this morning. a train struck and killed a man just after 10:00 this morning at the white flint station. the investigation caused several hours of delays on the red line as well as nearby route 355 as emergency crews rushed to the scene and a metro spokes person says the man apparently jumped on to the tracks. >>> tonight is the public's last chance to weigh in on pha

president sarkozy is describing it as barbary, savagery, and cruelty that cannot win. hate cannot win he says. back to you. >>> officials in france say they're looking at racism as a possible motive in all this. that's because the victims at the school were jewish. the soldiers were of caribbean and north african descent. >>> the attorney for the soldier accused of murdering 16 afghan civilians says he expects the most severe charges to be filed against his client. staff sergeant robert bales and his lawyer had their first face-to-face meeting today on his way in john henry brown also said he expects charges to be filed on thursday. bales is accused of killing 16 civilians, many of them women and children during a night time rampage last sunday. he was flown to fort leavenworth, kansas and now is being held in solitary confinement there. >>> a maryland national guardsman killed in an attack on a government building in afghanistan last month will be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery tomorrow. major robert marchante was from baltimore and was shot in the back o

. >> translator: barbery, savagery, cruelty cannot win. hate cannot win. the republic is much stronger than this. >> reporter: investigators say it is possible the gunman killed three soldiers in two similar shootings in the same area a week ago. anti-terror investigators are helping out trying to figure out the motive. meanwhile, the gunman is still on the loose. >>> in the newsroom, shomari stone, news 4. >>> we are on the verge of a vernal equinox, the last full day of winter. >> you couldn't tell by our temperatures for the last two weeks. that's the way it's been. my son even asked me is it still winter daddy? i said technically, yes, but meteorlogical winter we consider december, january, and february so that means is meteorlogical spring and mother nature is giving us a lot of spring weather. take a look at this picture of the cherry blossoms in full bloom out there right now. at least close to it. expected to reach peak bloom by tomorrow. so they're pretty darned close right now and simply a fantastic shot. look at the boaters on the potomac right

now the savagery is spreading to the nuba mountains where more than 300,000 people are on the run.that the nuba people have a fierce and unlikely ally, a young american man risking his life to bring their story to the world. you could call him the man who stayed. ♪ >> reporter: a woman in sudan's nuba mountains sings, there is no comfort in this world, and here where a war is raging, comfort is indeed hard to find. virtually cut off from humanitarian aid and media coverage, many nuba say they worry they will die in darkness. 30-year-old american ryan boyette refuses to let that happen. >> i am seeing it, i'm a witness to it. if i don't show it, then i have some sort of guilt. >> reporter: ryan came to the nuba mountains nine years ago with a christian aid organization, samaritans purse. he married a nuba woman and learned to speak the local language. when war broke out last june and samaritans first ordered him to evacuate, he politely quit. >> so why did you stay when everyone else ran. >> i decided to look into someone's eyes, someone that i've known for nine years, to look into

this barberism, this savagery, this cruelty will never triumph of. >> the gunman in france, still onis. we mentioned previous shootings. what connection are police making among all these shootings? >> i think it's a pretty strong connection. the same gun was used in all three of these incidents. the first one took place eight days ago. a second incident took place a couple days after that. two were killed, one in critical condition after being shot somewhat randomly as they were using an atm machine. and this morning's incident. in all three, the methed to of operation was identical, the gunman pulled up on a motor bike, jumped off, started shooting then jumped back on the motor bike and got away. at one point, the police were able to track the motor bike for a short distance, but when he hit the expressway, they lost track of him. so the only thing they know is that this is somebody who is cold blood blooded, determined. he's riding around on a black, or at least a dark stolen motorcycle or motor bike. it's not clear which. and he's using very heavy weaponry to perpetrate these atta

they are confronting a regime whose disregard for human dignity and capacity for sheer savagery is limitless. for an entire year, the syrian people have faced death and those unspeakable things worse than death and they still have not given up. still they take to the streets to protest peacefully for justify. still they carry on their fight, and they do so on behalf of many of the same universal values we share and many of the same interests as well. these people are our allies. they want many of the same things we do. they have expanded the boundaries of what everyone thought was possible in syria. they have earned our respect, and now they need our support to finish what they started. the syrian people deserve to succeed, and shame on us if we fail to help them. fail to help them. live coverage gets underway at about 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> watch super tuesday election results tonight on the c-span networks and while he watches her second screen webpage with your tablet or laptop computer to see result maps, social media post from candidates and reporters and a public forum for yo

they are confronting a regime whose disregard for human dignity and capacity for sheer savagery is limitlessthe syrian people have faced death and those unspeakable things worse than death and they still have not given up. still they take to the streets to protest peacefully for justify. still they carry on their fight, and they do so on behalf of many of the same universal values we share and many of the same interests as well. these people are our allies. they want many of the same things we do. they have expanded the boundaries of what everyone thought was possible in syria. they have earned our respect, and now they need our support to finish what they started. the syrian people deserve to succeed, and shame on us if we fail to help them. mr. president, i yield the flo floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection