relations are threatened who are not of jeneba there are two aspects to syrian turkish relations first we think the turkish government fully realizes that good neighborly relations with syria will benefit both the turkish and the syrian people and syria is also well aware that friendly relations with a neighboring country that has a common border with syria of approximately eight hundred fifty kilometers should by no means be sacrificed to any extent other than another aspect is that deployment of syrian military forces in this region is not directed against turkey not at all there are people on the syrian side of the border who have tried to take power by use of force and by killing innocent civilians therefore it is only natural that syrian military forces will move there in order to restore order stability and security in that region and this should not be misinterpreted as an attempt to provoke the other side or is a sign of decline in security between the two countries it was directed against the armed groups of people who try to oppress the citizens on the syrian side of the bord

in the north, the syrian army reportedly staged new attacks, aimed at stanching the flow of refugees toward the turkish border. more than 10,000 syrians are now at camps in southern turkey. during a visit to lithuania today, secretary of state hillary clinton issued a new warning. "it is absolutely clear that the syrian government is running out of time," she said. "they are either going to allow a serious political process, or they are going to continue to see increasingly organized resistance." despite international criticism- - and sanctions-- the assad regime's crackdown has killed some 1,400 civilians nationwide. but ten days ago, president assad gave his third speech of the crisis, offering a dialogue with the opposition. and some 200 government critics were allowed to meet this past monday in damascus. >> our demands are part of the syrian people, and our demands is the demands of the syrian people. >> warner: for more on the situation there, i spoke earlier with deborah amos of national public radio in damascus. she's one of a handful of foreign reporters recently allowed into syria. deborah am

turkish government has also said that the brutality has to stop. there must be a legitimate sincere effort with the opposition to try to make changes. >> and now the syrianre armed gangs who are attacking the protesters, attacking soldiers and policemen and one of the reasons why the american ambassador went to hamal was to check for himself if there are armed gangs and he didn't see that. and so this is where things stand, the syrian government has made some cautious moves allowing some opposition, a conference of opposition, activists to take place, however the opposition is very much divided. those on the streets, the protesters, they're not participating in that. >> okay, thanks so much, from cnn international, i appreciate that. >>> we know you can feel vibrations, right, but have you ever seen them captured in slow motion? stick around to find out what that looks like. hotel bids to fu can save up to 60% on hotels. * we'll even email you other people's winning bids, so you'll know what price to name. *á with new hotel bid alerts, from priceline. welcome. i understand you need a little help with your mortgage, want to avoid foreclosure. smart move.

about the turkish immigrant experience, the kid grew up in a southeastern village in turkey, near the syrianright? they didn't have electricity in his house. his dad died when he was three months old. they were in debt because they tried to do operations on the dad and it did not work. they have the bills. since he didn't have electricity, this sounds like a cliche, but it is true, they would have to wake up in the middle of the night and go into farming, ok? he had to study under a light in the street. that is the only lamp he had. somehow, that kid believed that if he worked hard enough, he could make it out, and that he wouldn't have to farm the land for the rest of his life, and one day he would have a family, and even back then, he thought, i will bring my family to america and give them opportunity to do anything they can imagine. he wound up applying for college in turkey, and they said, you are crazy. only the smartest kids with the best education, the rich kids, they're the ones who get into those colleges. you were studying under a lamp in the street. you're not going to make it. f

turkish border. we urge the government of syria to halt intimidation and a rest campaigns, to pull its security forces backed and allow syrians to express their opinions freely so that a genuine transition to democracy can take place. with that, why don't we go to your questions? >> i understand the state department has requested the texas government to stop the execution of jesus of a mexiacan national. do you have any information about that? the schedule is for tomorrow. on the other hand, i would like to ask you what the state department thinks about the capture of jesus enrique aguilar, which is one of the many leaders of the zetas, with support of the u.s. intelligence. >> let me say with regard to the case of al garcia, the united states has filed an amicus brief. we did that on july 1 in support of the application by mr. leal, a mexican national. for a stay of execution. this is to allow some consideration of the fact that mr. leal was not afforded a visit by mexican consular officials at inappropriate moments in the trial proceedings. to allow that to be taken into account. as you know, this is an issue of reciprocity

turkish border. we urged the government to immediately halt its intimidation campaign and pull its forces back from cities and allow syrians to express their opinions freely so a transition to democracy can take place. and with that, why don't we go to your questions. >> the state department has requested the government to stop the execution of mexican national. do you have any information about that, because i think the schedule is for tomorrow or past tomorrow is a matter of two days. and i would like to ask you what the state department thinks about the capture of aguillar, which is one of the main leaders and in support of the u.s. intelligence. >> let me first say with regard to the case of garcia, the united states has filed an friend of the court brief, we did that on july 1 in support of the application by mr. leou, a mexican national for a stay of execution. and this is to allow for consideration of the fact that the mexican national was not afforded a visit by mexican consular officials at an appropriate moment in the trial proceedings. so to allow that to be taken into account. as you know, this is an issue of r