. >> and liberty media stepping up to kban control over sirius xm.interview right here in just a matter of moments. >> all right, let's get back to that very poor jobs number. and here to help us sort it all out, who else other than steve leisman. >> the construction-spending data for april interesting in that private spending up a regionally strong 1.2% with residential up 2.8. that's interesting because we'll be talking about jobs in just a second. office spending is up, commercial up, transportation up. on the ism, a very mixed report. new orders were up pretty strongly. employment down a bit, but still a strong level. we always look at the level in the isms. unemployment up. we're pointing badly towards the future. there's that 28,000 decline. manufacturing was up. retail was up just a touch. government resuming its compliants. there could be some weather pay back still in this number, but that doesn't explain the weakness elsewhere. here's the real unemployment rate ticking up 15.8. and that's all discouraged workers. here's some of the economis

then before we let you go, you can tell us about your new sirius radio show.es. a new show, rotten tomatoes, sirius xm at 6:00 p.m. eastern on thursdays. >> very good. matt, thanks so much. of course, folks at home, check out matt's grades and review bice going to rottentomatoes.com on listening to his new show, radio channel 104. thanks so much, matt. >>> hello again, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. you're in the "cnn newsroom." new developments now. the european financial crisis just in the last hour or so, spain formally asked the european union for help in bailing out its banking system. no set amount was given for the bailout but a report from the international monetary fund said the clunt need at least $o50 billion to get back on its feet. span ish officials are trying to avoid an austerity measure that shook greece and triggered protests across the country. president obama expressed concerns the european crisis could threaten the u.s. economic recovery. >>> now to syria. rebel forces and the syrian military are battling it out in the city of homs tod

actually, the ring was a halo effect createded when sun passes through sirius clouse creating ice crystals. >>> in nevada, dogs were just trying to stay cool, they were trying to make a big splash. they competed to see how far they could make it from jumping from a dock into a 40-foot pool. one of the dogs clear 20 feet before getting soaked. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's bill karins. you could say the dog days of summer are here. >> yeah, if that pool was in kansas it would have been at a slow boil. the fire weather and incredible heat, yesterday, that's not a misprint, 114 degrees in hill city, kansas, all-time record june temperature for that region. denver was 102. this heat in the middle of the country is not going anywhere soon. denver the next three days. 100 monday, tuesday, wednesday. you cool off slightly by thursday and friday. but this is going to go down as one of the hottest junes ever in denver. your forecast for today. 100 degrees plus in almost all areas of texas up through denver. look at the rockies. as you go into billings, montana, we

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. >> twitter, one response, i must be a fan, sitting in my car listening to your show on sirius, because in richmond. >> wow. richmond, virginia, dr. danny, that is a level of commitment. i don't think we've heard before, no electricity in the house, goes and sits in the car. no electricity in the house, goes and sits in the car and listens. dr. danny, perhaps you're the one who needs to see a doctor. how about one more? >> we have jamie. those weren't boos you were hearing behind president obama in boston. they were saying "youk, youk." >> i hadn't thought about that. by the way, it's derek jeter's 38th birthday. "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >> boston i just want to say thank you for youkilis. [ crowd boos ] >> i'm just saying he's going to have to change the color of his "sox." i didn't think i'd get any boos out of here but i guess i should not have brought up baseball. i understand. my mistake. my mistake. you got to know your crow

i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me and let me know why you're awake or you can do what pat riley does and text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. it's friday. you're not loud enough. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this friday, june 15th. there's a lot going on including a major acquisition for microsoft by yet a company called yammer. apparently it's worth $1.2 billion. plus 1,000 crazed teenaged girls descend on our building here at 30 rock all in anticipation of catching a glimpse of the beebs in concert. i'll head down to brave the clouds. but first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in morning city. mi new york city. president obama returns home to chicago after million dollar fund-raiser last night. president obama raised an estimated $4.5 million between morning fund-raisers. governor romney raked in $3.3 million in chicago. yesterday the two were at opposite ends of ohio where

glad you're up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. email me or tweet me@williegeist1 or do what national champion arizona wildcats, text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, june 26th. a lot going on today, including news that syria fired on a second turkish jet as it looked for survivors of the first one shot down by the syrians. details on an increasingly sticky diplomatic situation. >>> plus jon stewart reviews the performances last week of mitt romney and president obama in front of latino leaders. a little pandering going on. that clip, later in the show. >>> first, the news live at 5:30 a.m. democrats, republicans, progressives, conservatives, cats, dogs, all claiming victory on the supreme court's immigration ruling monday. that threw out much of the state of arizona's controversial law. but kept its most controversial element, the three sections that were struck down required immigrants to carry immigration papers at all times, ban illegal immig

sirius/xm radio. shoot us an e-mail or tweet us and let us know why you're awake now or you can do what the big three do and text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this friday, june 22nd. there's a lot going on today including new revelations in the trial of jerry sandusky as the first accuser to speak publicly talked with ""rock center's"" kate snow. we'll have that exclusive interview coming up. >>> plus hillary clinton gets into costume during swearing-in ceremony. we'll tell you what's going on here later in the show. first, before we get to the news here at 30 rock in new york city, almost two years ago lebron james made the decision to bring his talents to south beach. now he's brought south beach an nba title. the heat routed the thunder last night 121-106 to claim their first nba title since 2006. lebron was masterful. notching his first triple-double of the year on the way to b

pound the broadcast of sirius satellite channels what do you think about this decision. this decision is an attack on free media and freedom of expression it's an attack on syrian media the purpose is to hide the truth about what is really going on in syria from people both inside and outside the country this is part of the smear campaign launched by certain satellite channels and supported by the gulf nations behind the decision contradicts fundamental moral and professional standards for mass media in the arab world and. it contradicts the rules and regulations for satellite broadcasting as agreed by the council of ministers. and this decision with made by foreign ministers which means it was politically. it's part of the syrian political agenda and we all understand that these plans are being implemented. and economic level. purpose of this decision is to silence syrian channels. a role of some of these countries providing support to the terrorists in syria helping them financially and smuggling weapons into the country. of syria disclosing the true terrorist connecti

. >> came down to sirius animals and space beasts. >> madagascar3, top of the box office. it made $60 million behind it pro metheus, snow white, men in black three and the avengers. senate ravens have scheduled a 3:00 press conference tomorrow where it's expected that the team's all time leader in catches and yards, derek mason will spine then retire. 38, played six warrior type seasons, will be joined by ozzie and the coach. >>> well it was chance to meet a ravens superstar. >> that's right. children got to hear from ray rice because of the living [inaudible] classroom foundation. >> reporter: it was drills and more drills for these 75 kids at the city springs football field. its been renovated by the living classroom foundation in partnership with the ravens. >> they went hand in hand. i didn't get to go play if i didn't have my grades in order. >> reporter: a special day for the kids, they were able to meet ray rice from the ravens who answered questions and told them stories about his rookie debut. >> i'm about to take them head on. i took them on and ran away. run awa

i will. >> mark thompson, host of "make it plain" on sirius xm satellite radio.r joining me tonight, mark. >> thank you for having me, man. >> you can have the last word online at our blog. you can follow my tweets @lawrence. up next, "hardball" with chris matthews. >>> bushed. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews from washington. let me start tonight with this assault on the republican party. this time, it's coming from within. very within. jeb bush, the guy touted most as the party's number one future prospect, says it has gone far so right lately that neither he nor his father or even ronald reagan would fit anymore. he place some blame on the democrats. he said his refusal or this refusal to compromise, this insistence on rigid right-wing orthodoxy by the tea party types, creates a real problem for governing this country. with me are michael steele and ron reagan.

live on sirius xm radio. you can e-mail us this morning or tweet me @williegeist1. let me know what you're doing up at this hour. or text the word awake followed by response to 622639. george the animal will be in this show. that name is a little tease. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for tuesday, june 5th. a lot to tell you about including a partisan fight in washington over paycheck fairness for women. why republicans are calling it a political ploy. >>> jon stewart and "the daily show" help us weigh in on the queen's diamond jubilee and we could use the help with our coverage. that clip a little bit later in the show. >>> first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. in less than 2 1/2 hours voters head to the polls in wisconsin where for only the third time in the nation's political history, a state governor faces the prospect of losing his job in a recall election. after just 17 months in office, republican governor scott walker being challenged by milwaukee mayor tom barrett in a rematch of their 2010 race. walker's n

i'm glad you are up to this watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius radio.l me at waytooearl at msnbc.com. our text the word awake to 622639. we will read the best responses later in the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, june 28. a lot going on. including a house vote on whether to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress in the fast and furious case. >>> plus, justin bieber and his girlfriend, salena gomez make an appearance on the united states house of representatives in the middle of the immigration debate. explain this later in the show. >>> first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at thirty rock in new york city. we will get to the supreme court and health care in a moment. there are historic flames roaring in colorado. president obama will be visiting that state to tour the damage from a massive wild fire that's having its way with firefighters. these are the latest pictures we have from

glad you're up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. me@williegeist1 or do what national champion arizona wildcats, text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, june 26th. a lot going on today, including news that syria fired on a second turkish jet as it looked for survivors of the first one shot down by the syrians. details on an increasingly sticky diplomatic situation. >>> plus jon stewart reviews the performances last week of mitt romney and president obama in front of latino leaders. a little pandering going on. that clip, later in the show. >>> first, the news live at 5:30 a.m. democrats, republicans, prog

i'm glad you are up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on xm sirius. e-mail me or tweet me or do what silvertine navy s.e.a.l.s. do and text the word awake to 622639. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, june 7th. a lot to tell you about, including the head of nasdaq issues an apology for the botched roll-out on that facebook ipo. we'll let him explain it. plus, stephen colbert tries to celebrate scott walker's victory over organized labor in wisconsin. but runs into a little trouble with his crew. they are union guys, you see. that clip later in the show. first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. house minority leader nancy pelosi is asking speaker john boehner to call off next week's congressional recess so members can continue to work on everything from student loans to the highly charged debate over taxes. president obama says he has no intention of extending tax cuts for the highest earning americans first signed into law by president bush and renewed by president obama in 2010

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glad you're watching us on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio, shoot me an email or tweet me, let me know what you're doing up at this hour or do what seven-foot tall men everywhere do, text the word awake followed by your response to 622639, we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, june 6th, the 68th anniversary of the d-day invasion. there's a lot to tell you about. including more from bill clinton as he explains some of his recent statements ostensibly in support of president obama. plus, tom barrett, the democrat running against scott walker last night is slapped, look at that. by one of his own supporters, after his concession speech. we'll tell you what's going on here a bill later in the show. first let's get to the news, live at 5:30 a.m. 30 rock in new york city. >>> wisconsin governor scott walk certificate back on the job after a decisive win in yesterday's closely-watched recall election. the race was called less than an hour after the polls closed with the republican incumbent taking in

costume design, if you ask me, and i'm glad you're up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius an e-mail at waytooearly@msnbc.com or tweet me and let me know why you are awake right now. or you can do what hugh jackman does and text the word "awake" followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this monday, june 11th. there's a lot going on today, including a new investigation into a series of national security leaks that some members of congress allege came from the white house. we'll have the latest details on those accusations. plus, joe biden carries out his

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pete dominick, host of sirius standup. president obama did not cause this recession but three and a half years into his term the recovery is now slowing. i want you to listen to this clip from the "today" show. it was taped in february 2009 just two weeks after the president took office. >> a year from now, i think people are going to see that we're starting to make some progress. there's still going to be some pain out there. if i don't have this done in three years, there's going to be a one-term proposition. >> pete, did we just hear the president say he doesn't deserve a second term? >> not necessarily. the problem is you say he didn't get it done, the problem is he says i didn't get it done. >> also said he didn't cause it. >> of course. it's not all political. not everything -- we can blame republicans for being obstructionist and absolutely true, only solution get rid of regulation and taxes even though small businesses don't cite that anywhere near the top where the problem is, not all consumer demand. not all poli

i'm glad you're up with us this morning, watching on msnbc or listening live of sirius xm radio.ail me or tweet me. let me know what you're doing up at this hour. you do what lebron and dwyane wade may be doing late night and text the word "awake" followed by a response to 662639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, june 21. a lot to get to, including mitt romney's alltar weekend retreat with republican party leaders and big donors. we'll tell you who rsvped yes to this one. >>> plus, the romney boys visit conan, and a video of a pretty

i'm glad you are up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on xm sirius.tweet me or do what silvertine navy s.e.a.l.s. do and text the word awake to 622639. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, june 7th. a lot to tell you about, including the head of nasdaq issues an apology for the botched roll-out on that facebook ipo. we'll let him explain it. plus, stephen colbert tries to celebrate scott walker's victory

i'm glad you are up to this watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius radio. you can e-mail me at waytooearly at msnbc.com. our text the word awake to 622639. we will read the best responses later in the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, june 28. a lot going on. including a house vote on whether to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress in the fast and furious case. >>> plus, justin bieber and his girlfriend, salena gomez make an appearance on the united states house of representatives in the middle of the immigration debate. explain this later in the show. >>> first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at thirty rock in new york city. we will get to the supreme court and health care in a moment. there are historic flames roaring in colorado. president obama will be visiting that state to tour the damage from a massive wild fire that's having its way with firefighters. these are the latest pictures we have from colorado. right now, more than half the government's active wild fire crews are tr

i'm glad you're up with us watching ones in nbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. email us, tweet me, or you can do what dwayne wise does and text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. your next 30 minutes will be cram session for this wednesday, june 27th. a lot to tell but. including a couple of washington institutions, orrin hatch and charlie wrangle getting runs for their money in primary elections. >>> plus, lebron on letterman. >> now you got this out of your system, you're ready to go back to cleveland and play some ball? >> dave gives a good grilling to the new nba champion, that's later in the show. >>> first, let's get to the news, live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. you probably heard by now the sad news that author, screenwriter and director, nora ephron, died last night of pneumonia after a battle with leukemia. she leaves behind a resumÉ packed with hollywood hits. ephron last wrote and directed in 2009, "julie and julia" the story of a blogger who makes each one of the rec

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i'm glad you're up with us this morning, watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an email or tweet me @williegeist1, or do text the word awhack followed by your response to 622639. >>> we'll read the best responses late anywhere the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, june 13th. a lot to tell you about, including late results from the special election in arizona to fill the seat vacated by gabrielle giffords. we'll tell you how that turned out. plus stephen colbert weighs in on mitt romney's continued use of the sport, as in you're a tall fella, i'll bet you play sport. that clip later. first the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> a top official at the united nations stays the 15-month conflict in syria has grown into an all-out civil war as u.n. officials try to broker some kind of deal for peace, secretary of state hillary clinton revealed that russia, one of the main obstacles to action out of the united nations is shipping more attack helicopters to damascus. >> we have confronted the r

i'm glad you are up watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. e-mail me or tweet me or do what weezie often does, text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this friday, june 1st. it's june. a lot to tell you about, including a report in "the new york times" that president obama ordered secret cyberattacks against iran's nuclear penalties. we'll have all the details there. >>> plus, george w. bush returns to the white house. >> when you are wandering these halls as you wrestle with tough decisions, you will now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask, what would george do? >> president obama and bush 43 do a little schtick in the east room later in the show. >>> first to the news. here at 30 rock in new york city. the obama campaign's attack on mitt romney's business record ran into a road block. bill clinton. president clinton praised romney's background at the investment firm bain capital. >> i think it will affect some people

i'm glad you are up watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio.-mail me or tweet me or do what weezie often does, text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this friday, june 1st. it's june. a lot to tell you about, including a report in "the new york times" that president obama ordered secret cyberattacks against iran's

i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. you can e-mail me or tweet me @williegeist1. i want to know why you're awake at this hour on a monday. or you can do what eldrick woods does, text the word awake followed by response to 622639. we'll read your responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this monday, june the 4th. a lot to tell you about, including protests in the streets of cairo today. after former president mubarak was sentenced to life in prison a couple of days ago. we'll have the very latest there. plus, the very reason the founding fathers drafted a declaration of independence and took up arms in revolution. you're looking at it. the queen of the united kingdom parades down the thames in a tricked-out party barge to celebrate her own anniversary. that's later in the show. first, though, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. friday's weak jobs report has the white house, wall street and many, many americans worried about this economy. it added

i'm glad you're watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm. tweet me @willie geist1 or do what mario chalmers does and text the word awake followed by your response to 6226 president. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, june 20th. a lot to get to today, including a national poll out just this morning that shows president obama with a double-digit lead on mitt romney. plus -- >> that's a clown question, bro. >> why did senate majority leader harry reid refer to a reporter's inquiry as, quote, a clown question bro. we'll explain that one later in shows. first to the news live at

i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. you can e-mail me. you can also tweet me @williegeist1, let me know what you're doing up at this hour. or you can text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this friday, june 8th. yes, it is friday, and there's a lot to tell you about, including ben bernanke telling congress the expiration of the bush tax cuts could send the country over a fiscal cliff. we'll let him explain. plus greece really needs to get its act together. come on, guys. i'm not sure how much more of this we can watch. greek politicians now brawling on morning television, taking swings at women. tell you what's going on here a little bit later in the snow. first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. another day of brutal killing of civilians in syria and another round of condemnations from a united nations that can only condemn. with the reported massacre of another 80

i'm glad you're up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. email me or tweet m me @williegeist1 or do what melky cabrera does and text the word awake followed by your response to 622639, we'll read the best responses later. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, june 14th. there's a lot going on today. including reaction to testimony on capitol hill yesterday, from jpmorgan's ceo, jamie dimon. >>> plus in a scene full of fake heads on sticks, the crazy popular hbo show, "game of thrones" puts one very familiar, very presidential fake head on a stick. no heads on sticks seen here, we'll explain it later in the show. what was that clip? i don't know what that clip was. >>> first the news, live at 5:30 a.m. while fighting and slaughter continues unabated on the ground in towns across syria, there's a growing war of words between the u.s. and russia. secretary of state hillary clinton has accused moscow of shipping helicopters to pro government forces to help the syrian regime suppression the opposition. secretary clinto

i'm glad you're watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm. e-mail, tweet me @willie geist1 or do what mario chalmers does and text the word awake followed by your response to 6226 president. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, june 20th. a lot to get to today, including a national poll out just this morning that shows president obama with a double-digit lead on mitt romney. plus -- >> that's a clown question, bro. >> why did senate majority leader harry reid refer to a reporter's inquiry as, quote, a clown question bro. we'll explain that one later in shows. first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. we start in egypt, where the country's ailing former leader of three decades is reported to be near death this morning adding another layer to a complicated political situation. ousted president hosni mubarak reportedly on life support after receiving -- after suffering i should say multiple strokes while in prison. the 84-year-old serving a

i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio.me. you can also tweet me @williegeist1, let me know what you're doing up at this hour. or you can text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this friday, june 8th. yes, it is friday, and there's a lot to tell you about, including ben bernanke telling congress the expiration of the bush tax

i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. or tweet me @williegeist1. i want to know why you're awake at this hour on a monday. or you can do what eldrick woods does, text the word awake followed by response to 622639. we'll read your responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this monday, june the 4th. a lot to tell you about, including protests in the streets of cairo today. after former president mubarak was sentenced to life in

down the broke cast of sirius satellite channels what do you think about this decision. this decision is an attack on free media and freedom of expression it's an attack on syrian media with the purpose is to hide the truth about what is really going on in syria from people both inside and outside the country this is.

the host of sirius xm's dr. radio. nice to see you and little kamas well. tell me what is the intensity of his medical care you're doing. i know he's under your husband's insuran insurance. how often is he going to the doctor? what kind of procedures is being done? >> he's normally in the hospital once a week for a procedure that filters ldl and purifies his blood. it's an intense procedure. at the moment he's not doing ldl because we're on a drug study to see if they can make some headway with a drug rather than the ldl procedure. >> what a brave little guy. we have pictures of him as a toddler and now getting older. this is obviously a pre-existing condition for him. if your husband were to lose his job or insurance, this would have been an issue for you. the supreme court's decision gives you breathing space. >> i think yesterday, i was asked what my reaction to the decision was. i said it was a mixture of relief and hope. i think it is the right decision for not just our family but all americans to have this certainty that if you have a serious medical

i'm glad you're up with us this morning, watching on msnbc or listening live of sirius xm radio. you can e-mail me or tweet me. let me know what you're doing up at this hour. you do what lebron and dwyane wade may be doing late night and text the word "awake" followed by a response to 662639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, june 21. a lot to get to, including mitt romney's all-star weekend retreat with republican party leaders and big donors. we'll tell you who rsvped yes to this one. >>> plus, the romney boys visit conan, and a video of a pretty good gaffe that involves arnold schwarzenegger. that's later on the show. >>> first, to the news live at 3:30 a.m. president obama has asserted the first executive privilege of his administration, setting off a fight with congressional republicans who are claiming election year overreach by the president. the white house moved to protect attorney general eric holder from a yearlong investigation by shielding documents on the government's botched sting opera

down the bro cast of sirius satellite channels what do you think about this decision. this decision is an attack on free media and freedom of expression it's an attack on syrian media with the purpose is to hide the truth about what is really going on in syria from people both inside and outside the country this is part of the smear campaign launched by certain satellite channels and supported by the gulf nations behind it the decision contradicts fundamental moral and staff professional.