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for five days, security forces and surry have shelled the city of -- security forces have shelled the city of homs. this is a day after president assad assured the russian foreign minister that he was ready for dialogue. the people of homs are facing a different reality. our reporter spent several days of side of the besieged city and he sent us this report. >> it began at dawn and for a fifth day, homs was under bombardment. some say it was the worst day of shelling. syrian armor roamed menacingly. people here are afraid that this is a final push to crush the uprising. the casualties are mounting, undoubtedly most are civilians. they had put their hopes in a u.n. resolution but it was vetoed by russia and china. they are bitter, without a doubt. >> he was only about two years old. is this what the u.n. is waiting for? is this what the u.n. is quitting for, for more children to be dead? -- is this what the u.n. is waiting for. >> homs is terrified after many days of this. hundreds of mortar shells have been fired tear -- fired here. the one thing you hear from people is that they feel

a surry. >> welcome, welcome. this is going to be gorgeous. i have not even seen the tree at.e're going to do a cat that. is everybody here? ok. i want to hear the children doing it, to. will will start with 10. ok? here we go. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [cheering] [laughter] >> beautiful. >> 13,000 stars. and how many cranes? >> 7000 cranes. unbelievable. isn't that beautiful? doesn't that give you hope? >> thank you for being with us. rita moreno. thank you for being with us. and now some music. >> thank you. >> sanrio famous for the designs for hello kitty. i thought i would try to make it as cute as possible. that way people might want to read the stories. then people might be open to learn about the deities and the culture. ♪ they reached out to make about five or six years ago because of the book published. they appreciated that my work was clearly driven from my research and investigation. after i contributed my artwork, the museum was really beside themselves. they really took to it. the museum reached out to me to see if i would be interested in my own space insid

a surry. >> welcome, welcome. this is going to be gorgeous. i have not even seen the tree at.e're going to do a cat that. is everybody here? ok. i want to hear the children doing it, to. will will start with 10. ok? here we go. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [cheering] [laughter] >> beautiful. >> 13,000 stars. and how many cranes? >> 7000 cranes. unbelievable. isn't that beautiful? doesn't that give you hope? >> thank you for being with us. rita moreno. thank you for being with us. and now some music. >> thank you. >> hello. and welcome to "need your district supervisor -- meet your district supervisor." supervisors campos is our supervisor for this week. welcome. thank you for joining us today. tell us about your background. where you grew up, went to school? >> sure. i was born in guatemala. i was brought here by my parents. i grew up in l.a., and then moved up to the bay area, and i went to stanford. i came back after law school. my background for the first few years was as a practicing attorney. i worked in the private sector for a number of years. and then i worked for th

interpreting the arab spring with juan cole of michigan, and then on american intervention with jeremy surry at ut austin. this morning our topic is publishing and the american century. our format is a little unusual for this annual conference. we will have a presenter, but then instead of cereal xhnts, we will have a more free willing informal conversation among everyone who is here. i'll introduce the members of the panel later on. right now i'd like to introduce our presenter. allan brinkley is the allan nef vince professor of american history at columbia. among his works are "voices of protest," huey long, father cobb lynn and the great depression which won the national book award for history. the "unfinished nation," "the end of reform" are two other of his works. the book we're focusing on today and though he didn't ask me to, i'm happy to hold up a hard-bound copy which is still available is the publisher "henry luce and his american century." please join me in welcomiing aln brinkley. >> thank you, marty. the title of this session, historians, journalists and the challenges of gettin

the flames broke out about 2:00 this morning on hill mar drive near surry square lane.have a crew on the way to the scene and will have more in about half an hour. >>> a workplace argument turned deadly after an immigration agent pulled the gun on his boss. the gunman was facing disciplinary action when he pulled out his weapon and opened fire. one person was shot and the unidentified gunman was killed. >> all the police are on the street. it was so scary. >> the agent who was shot is expected to survive. >>> the house and senate are expected to vote today on a deal that would extend the payroll tax cut through the end of the year. that means your paycheck will stay the same and not shrink. the tax break will continue to save 160 million americans about $20 to $80 a month

sole purpose here -- prevent us from fulfilling our sole purpose here to deal with the problem in surry and a growing threat to regional peace and security. for months, this council has been held hostage by a couple of members. they stand behind and the arguments and individual interests while the lane and seeking to strip bare and the text that would pressure assad to change his actions. this intransigence is even more shameful when you consider that at least one of these members continues to deliver weapons to assad. host: the comments of susan rise, the ambassador to the detonations in new york. -- the comments of susan rice, the ambassador to the united nations in new york. we want to your thoughts. what options are relevant? russia and china blocking the u.n. vote. host: we will also hear from to the u.n. later in the program. we're joined from cairo. thank you for being with us. what are you seeing from your vantage point? >> obviously, among the syrian opposition and members of the arab league who pushed for this opposition, this is a setback. they are saying that this means ther